Portraits removed from Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung square amid renovation works

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Portraits removed from Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square amid renovation works

Changes come ahead of 75th anniversary of North Korea's ruling party in October

Chad O'Carroll May 15, 2020

Portraits removed from Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square amid renovation works

NK News

Update at 17:21 KST: Article amended to include new information about portraits being removed from the square

Portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il have been removed from the main square of Pyongyang, NK News understands, seemingly as part of major renovation works underway there since early May.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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