Photo: Damir Sagolj/ReutersSeoul: North Korea has closed a multi-million dollar model village in Pyongyang because it reminds leader Kim Jong-Un of his executed uncle who managed the project, media reports said on Tuesday. “Whenever Kim passed by Pyongyang Folk Village, he often complained it brought Jang back to his mind,” one source was quoted as saying. Its construction was overseen by Jang Song-Thaek, once the second most powerful man in North Korea who was convicted of treason and executed in late 2013. The 200-hectare (500-acre) model village features scaled versions of propaganda monuments and buildings in Pyongyang, including the Juche (self-independence) tower topped with the torch of revolution. Pyongyang Folk Village features scaled versions of propaganda monuments and buildings in the capitalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks from the balcony as he presides over a mass rally in Pyongyang.

Source: Mint June 14, 2016 09:00 UTC