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Samjiyon Schoolchildren's Palace Reconstructed on Expansion Basis

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, February 15 (KCNA) -- The Samjiyon Schoolchildren's Palace, located at the foot of Mt. Paektu in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has been reconstructed on an expansion basis. It, with a total floor space of 7,800 square meters, consists of the main building, a theater and a gymnasium. The palace has more than 120 rooms and 20 circle rooms. It goes well with the surrounding topographical features in formative arts. And the decorations engraved on its interior and exterior in relief and murals caters to the aesthetic sense of the times.
    The main building houses a computer room, an electronic amusement room and a library.
    There are murals reflecting juvenile stories told by the three generals of Mt. Paektu in the theatre with a 300-odd seating capacity. And its stage is furnished with modern lighting apparatuses.
    Well arranged in the gymnasium with waiting rooms are places for basketball, volleyball, table-tennis and Taekwon-Do.
    Leader Kim Jong Il, while guiding the work in Samjiyon County on the spot in October Juche 91 (2002), said that as a large number of expeditionists visit there every year, the schoolchildren's palace should be rebuilt on an expansion basis along modern line and better cultural and welfare facilities provided to them. And he showed a great love and affection so that it could be reconstructed on a high level.