Government Complex No. 1, Pyongyang
{{Short description|North Korean government headquarters}}
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| image_caption = Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un with the North Korea women's national under-20 football team, in front of the main building
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| status = Gated Community
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| location = Chung-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea
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| owner = North Korean government
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| hangul = 1호 청사
| hanja = 1號 廳舍
| rr = ilho cheongsa
| mr = irho ch'ŏngsa
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Government Complex No. 1 ({{Korean|hangul=1호 청사}}) is a closed complex of government buildings located at the center of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. It houses the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the State Affairs Commission, the country's ruling party and supreme state organ, respectively. They are located in the Government Building No. 1, Pyongyang.{{cn|date=April 2025}} This building also house the offices of the Third Floor Secretariat, the private office of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.
Localisation
The complex is situated roughly between Somun, Changgwang, Chollima and Hebangsan streets.{{cite book |last1=Willoughby |first1=Robert |title=North Korea |date=2008 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=978-1-84162-219-4 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bHkI4cEc1QC |language=en}} It include administrative buildings as well as mansions and luxury residences for high dignitaries of the regime and government members (like Residence No. 15). The entire complex is surrounded by a wall.
The secure nature of the complex has led some commentators to describe it as "Pyongyang's Forbidden City".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/pro/major-construction-underway-in-north-koreas-central-government-complex-imagery/|title=Major construction underway in North Korea's central government complex: imagery|date=28 May 2019 |publisher=NK News|access-date=12 April 2020}}
Overview
The complex includes the seat of the secretariat and the central meeting hall of the Workers' Party of Korea. It was reported in October 2019 that many high-rise windows facing the complex had been blocked out for security.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/2019/10/pyongyang-authorities-block-windows-of-hundreds-of-high-rise-apartments/ |title=Pyongyang authorities block windows of hundreds of high-rise apartments|date=4 October 2019 |publisher=NK News|access-date=12 April 2020}} The complex saw large construction activity in 2019. Satellite images showed construction activity between February and April 2020. An old building that was thought to be the private clinic of the North Korean leadership had been torn down and construction had begun on a new, larger building with multiple rooms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/pro/north-korean-ruling-party-hq-sees-more-upgrades-ahead-of-major-april-events/|title=North Korean ruling party HQ sees more upgrades ahead of major April events|date=8 April 2020 |publisher=NK News|access-date=12 April 2020}}
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