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| Pyongyang is a city steeped in history. It retains cultural relics
from ancient Gojoseon (2333-108 B.C.), the first nation
established on the Korean Peninsula, and more relics from
the Goguryeo Kingdom (37 B.C.- A.D. 668) than any other
Korean city. Goguryeo was once the most powerful nation in
Northeast Asia.
Pyongyangseong Fortress (National Treasure No. 1 of North Korea),
Anhakgungseong Fortress (National Treasure No. 2 of N.K.) and
several mural paintings still testify to the kingdom's grandeur.
Modern Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea and its political,
economic and logistical center as well. Naturally,
Pyeongan Province, which contains Pyongyang, is the most
developed industrial region. |
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