Mansudae Overseas Projects

Notable works

Mansudae Overseas Projects is responsible for various monuments across Africa. They constructed the President Agostinho Neto Cultural Centre in Luanda, Angola, a statue of Béhanzin in Benin, the Three Dikgosi Monument in Botswana, a statue of Laurent-Désiré Kabila in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Tiglachin Monument in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Samora Machel Statue in Maputo, Mozambique, and four public works in Namibia: the Heroes' Acre (inaugurated August 2002), the Okahandja Military Museum (inaugurated 2004), the State House of Namibia (inaugurated 2008), and the Independence Memorial Museum (inaugurated 2014).

In Senegal, the company built the African Renaissance Monument. Mansudae Overseas Project also constructed the National Heroes' Acre in Zimbabwe, which closely mirrors the design of the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in Taesong-guyŏk. Also in Zimbabwe, the statue of Joshua Nkomo was constructed by the company.

In Cambodia, the Angkor Panorama Museum was built next to the temples of Angkor. The museum was operated jointly by APSARA and Mansudae, with about half of 40 staff members being from North Korea. In 2020, the museum was closed indefinitely due to international sanctions.

Mansudae also worked on the reconstruction of the in Frankfurt, Germany, 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.

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