The North Korean Museum: Cula from Mugabe to Polar Bears

The North Korean Museum: Cula from Mugabe to Polar Bears

A propaganda museum in North Korea (North Korea) exhibits various items provided by leaders around the world.

The contents of the museum were revealed in a Daily Mirror report last week during an eight-day visit to the communist country.

The International Friendship Exhibition was founded by North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung in 1978, and is located 160 kilometers east of Pyongyang.

There are 115,000 collections from 188 countries around the world that adorn the six-story museum.

This is the rhinoceros horn given by former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on display at the International Friendship Exhibition museum in North Korea. The museum exhibits 115,000 gift collections from 188 countries.

There was a section showing a rhinoceros horn given by former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1985.

Then the golden sword given by the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986, as well as Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin's anti-bullet limousine.

There are also crocodile leather luggage by the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro and tea drinking equipment from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In some parts there are three special edition Spalding basketball from former United States basketball star (US) Dennis Rodman to the current North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.

In addition there is also a Harlem Globetrotters jersey signed by Rodman during a friendly match in Pyongyang in 2013.

There is also a photo of Kim when meeting US President Donald Trump in Singapore last June 12, which resulted in a denuclearization agreement.

While in other parts of the museum there are polar bears and brown bears which are a gift for companies in China and Russia.

The guide, Han Jong Suk, said the museum was made as evidence that North Korean leaders were respected and admired throughout the world.

The woman in her 60s claimed to have worked there for 40 years, and showed the greatness of the Kim Family in the world.

"I am honored to carry out this kind of work. Moreover, the leader of Kim Jong Un is highly respected throughout the world," Han said.

He told a story where former US President Jimmy Carter praised Kim Il Sung when the two met in 1984.

"At that time, Carter told me that Leader Kim Il Sung was far more powerful than George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, to Abraham Lincoln," said Han.

Han further said, it took about six months to explore the entire museum to see all the artifacts.

Source: kompas