Mansudae Overseas Projects

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Mansudae Overseas Projects
Chosŏn'gŭl 만수대해외개발회사
Hancha
Revised Romanization Mansudae Haeoe Gaebal Hoesa
McCune–Reischauer Mansudae Haeoe Kaebal Hoesa

Mansudae Overseas Projects is a construction company based in Jongphyong-dong, Phyongchon District, Pyongyang, North Korea.[1][2] It is the international commercial division of the Mansudae Art Studio.[3] As of August 2011, it had earned an estimated US$ 160 million overseas building monuments and memorials. Mansudae projects have been built in Angola, Algeria, Benin, Cambodia, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Germany, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, Togo and Zimbabwe.[4][5]

Angola

Mansudae Overseas Projects constructed the President Dr. Agostinho Neto Cultural Center in Luanda, Angola.[6][7]

Benin

Statue of Béhanzin in Benin

In Benin, the company has built a statue of Béhanzin.[8]

Botswana

The Three Dikgosi Monument of Botswana

In Botswana, it constructed the Three Dikgosi Monument, also called the Three Chiefs monument.[8]

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 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. Amount 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.[9]

Democratic Republic of Congo

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it has built a statue of Laurent-Désiré Kabila.[8]

Ethiopia

The Tiglachin Monument, also known as the Derg Monument, is a 50 metres (160 ft) tall pillar erected in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1984. The monument has fallen into neglect.

Germany

In November 2005, two Germans flew to North Korea on official business. Their goal was not to discuss nuclear disarmament or diplomatic relations. Rather, they went to check on the progress of a sculptural commission: the reconstruction of Frankfurt’s so-called Fairy Tale Fountain, an art nouveau relic from 1910 that had been melted down for its metal during World War II.[10]

Mozambique

In Mozambique, Mansudae Overseas Projects constructed the Samora Machel Statue in Independence Square, Maputo in 2011.

Namibia

In Namibia, Mansudae Overseas Projects has designed two major projects:

Senegal

African Renaissance Monument (Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine)

In Senegal, the company built the African Renaissance Monument.[8]

References

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  3. Pier Luigi Cecioni and Eugenio Cecioni, "The Mansudae Art Studio, from The Hermit Country, published by Petra, Padua/Empoli, Italy, May 2007
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  11. New State House for New Nation in AllAfrica.com via New Era, 20 March 2008. (registration required)
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