I found this on CNNGO, but apparently North Korea has one amusement park, Kaeson Youth Park in Pyongyang. It has existed for a while, but it was recently renovated and reopened last spring. It features new (Italian made) rollercoasters and is open daily from 7pm to midnight.Barry Neild wrote a piece for CNNGO about theme park aficionado Stefan Zwanzger being allowed to visit the park. Here is a small part of the article:
Zwanzger visited Pyongyang in October as part of an organized tour that -- in addition to an endless parade of statues and museums honoring the dictatorial dynasty of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung –- took in Kaeson and the city's more elderly theme parks: Mangyongdae and Kaesongsan.
Like many outsiders visiting a country that the United Nations says is barely able to sustain its closely controlled population, he says much of what he saw was "depressing."
Inside the amusement parks it was a different story.
"When you watch the locals on the rides, it seems like the happiest place in North Korea," he says.
"They're exactly like us, they scream the same way on the fun rides and they make exactly the same faces on the roller coaster when it's dropping on the first loop."
The rides themselves are another revelation, says Zwanzger. Roller coasters apparently not being subject to the international embargoes that have added to the country's isolation, Kaeson boasts several new Italian-made rides.
He describes one year-old ride as "probably the most cutting-edge installation in the whole country." Given the North Korea's parlous economic state, it's a joke that probably isn't far from the truth.
The ride is a "belly-down flying" roller coaster that hurls passengers suspended in four-man carriages around a bright orange track.
Check out the article for more of the story and additional photos of the park. I also typed in the park name to google and found this video on yourtube. Very strange that this place exists when you consider how impoverished the country is. I wonder what kind of restrictions are in place for people to visit here.
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