Okryu Children’s Hospital

Summary

A colourfully designed and decorated children’s hospital. Foreign tourists can take a tour of the facilities.

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Tips

• A good place to learn about North Korea children’s culture through the cartoon characters drawn on the walls and other design features.

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Best times to visit

• Any.

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History

Finished in 2013.

Fact File

• Across the road from Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. Koreans say this symbolises the mother-child relationship.

• In step with North Korea’s emphasis on the military under its Songun (“military first”) Policy, military-themed toys and pictures can be seen scattered around the hospital.

• The walls are decorated with all kinds of pictures from Korean folk tales and cartoons, to Disney and Winnie the Pooh, and militaristic and nationalistically themed images:

• The outside is decorated with anthropomorphic animal statues, which are commonly seen in North Korea:

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Hospital, Health

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