North Koreans are to be given a taste of London life with a replica of Big Ben reportedly being erected in the country's capital.
A replica of Big Ben is reportedly being erected in the North Korea capital Pyongyang Photo: PA/AFP/Getty Images
Pyongyang's take on Augustus Pugin's iconic clock tower will feature in a
theme park that is planned to open this year, the Associated Press reported
on Monday.
The "miniature world" park, which will also boast a replica of
Paris' Eiffel Tower, is reportedly part of a construction boom that began in
the capital in 2010.
Last year, North
Korea's leader Kim Jong-un vowed to bring to an end decades of
austerity and hardship with the slogan: "No More Belt-Tightening."
The Associated Press, which is the only western news organisation allowed to
operate permanently inside the secretive state, reported that Pyongyang's "transformation"
had seen its downtown areas spruced up with "glossy construction"
including "department stores, restaurants and high-rise apartments."
At the centre of this construction frenzy is Changjon street, in downtown
Pyongyang, where a brand-new supermarket trades in Hershey's Kisses,
Coca-Cola and Doritos.
"Inside supermarkets where shopgirls wear French designer labels, people
with money can buy Italian wine, Swiss chocolates, kiwi fruit imported from
New Zealand and fresh-baked croissants," the Associated Press reported.
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