Notable works
Angola
Mansudae Overseas Projects constructed the President Agostinho Neto Cultural Centre in Luanda,Angola. [8] [9]
Benin
Botswana
In Botswana,it constructed the Three Dikgosi Monument,also called the Three Chiefs monument. [10]
Cambodia
Angkor Panorama Museum was built next to the Angkor temples. The museum is operated jointly by APSARA and Mansudae. About half of 40 staff members are from North Korea. Unlike the earlier Mansudae's projects abroad,this time North Korea is attempting to make money by complementary sales of tickets and art. As of April 2016 [update] the museum is projected to be completely handed over to Cambodians in twenty years,unless North Korean profits stay low,and the time needs to be extended. The number of visitors to the museum have been meager so far. However,Cambodian deputy director of the museum stated in an interview that in the present day it is very hard to make money with museums,and he remarked that marketing of the museum has not yet started. [11] As of January 2020,the museum has been shuttered indefinitely due to international sanctions compliance. [12]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo,it has built a statue of Laurent-DésiréKabila. [10]
Ethiopia
The Tiglachin Monument,also known as the Derg Monument,is a 50-metre-tall (160 ft) pillar erected in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia was donated by North Korea in 1984. [13] The monument has fallen into neglect.
Germany
Reconstruction of Frankfurt’s Fairy Tale Fountain ,an art nouveau relic from 1910 that had been melted down for its metal during World War II. Germany is the only western nation to have a North Korean-built structure. [14]
Mozambique
In Mozambique,Mansudae Overseas Projects constructed the Samora Machel Statue in Independence Square,Maputo in 2011.
Namibia
Namibia is the only country to have commissioned four public works by Mansudae Overseas Projects. [4]
- Heroes' Acre (inaugurated August 2002) with a statue of the unknown soldier near Windhoek,Namibia. [10]
- Okahandja Military Museum (inaugurated 2004,closed to the public),located in Okahandja,70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Windhoek
- The New State House of Namibia (inaugurated 2008) on a 40.4 ha site in Windhoek. [15] [16]
- Independence Memorial Museum (inaugurated 2014),central Windhoek. [4]
Senegal
In Senegal,the company built the African Renaissance Monument. [10]
Togo
In the north of Togo,there is a large statue of the late president GnassingbéEyadéma,constructed by Mansudae. The statue was erected close to the village of Sara-Kawa,where Eyadéma was famously the sole survivor of a plane crash in January 1974,and is part of a broader memorial to the victims of the crash.
Zimbabwe
National Heroes' Acre is a 23-hectare (57-acre) burial ground and national monument in Harare,Zimbabwe. Work began on the site in 1981 and used by Zimbabwean and North Korean workers. It closely mirrors the design of the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in Taesong-guyŏk,just outside Pyongyang,North Korea. [4]
The Joshua Nkomo Statue was constructed in 2010 in Bulawayo,Zimbabwe.
