The DPRK Sci-Tech Complex () is a science and technology centre housed in a large atom-shaped building located on
Ssuk Island in
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...
, accessed by the
Chungsong Bridge
The Chungsong Bridge (충성의 다리, 忠誠) is a major road bridge across the Taedong River in Pyongyang opened in 1983.Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. 1983 - (KCNA in English 0403 gmt 2 Sep 83) BRIDGE IN PYONGYANG The Chungsong b ...
. It was completed in 2015. According to
KBS World
KBS World is the Korean Broadcasting System's international broadcasting service. It consists of KBS World Radio, KBS World television channel and KBS Korea.
History
The foreign-language radio broadcast from KBS (before its restructure into ...
, it then had over 100,000
square meters
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of
floor area
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.
From above, the facility is built to resemble an
atom
Every atom is composed of a nucleus and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus. The nucleus is made of one or more protons and a number of neutrons. Only the most common variety of hydrogen has no neutrons.
Every solid, liquid, gas ...
. The facility has an
e-library
A digital library, also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, or a digital collection is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital ...
.
It has about 3,000 computer terminals.
To North Koreans, these provide access to the national intranet, the
Kwangmyong network.
See also
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South Hamgyong Sci-Tech Library
South Hamgyong Sci-Tech Library ( ko, 함경남도과학기술도서관) is a public library located in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea. South Hamgyong Sci-Tech Library was opened in 2018, it's the first large-scale Sci-Tech library ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Virtual Tour of Sci-Tech Complex
Buildings and structures completed in 2015
Museums in Pyongyang
2015 establishments in North Korea
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