Mangyongdae Children's Palace

{{short description|Children's activity center in Pyongyang, North Korea}}

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File:A North Korean Space Transportation System.jpg at Mangyongdae Children's Palace]]

The Mangyongdae Children's Palace (or Mangyongdae School Children's Palace) in Pyongyang is a public facility managed by Korean Youth Corps in North Korea where pioneer members can engage in extra-curricular activities, such as learning music, foreign languages, computing skills and sports.{{cite web|url=http://www.north-korea-travel.com/north-korea-music.html|title=North Korea Music — Children's Palace|publisher=KTG North Korea Travel}} It was established on 2 May 1989 and it is situated in {{ill|Kwangbok Street|de|Kwangbok-Straße|lt=Kwangbok (Liberation) Street}}, in the north of Mangyongdae-guyok. It is the largest of the palaces in North Korea dedicated to children's after-school activities. In front of the Children's Palace there are a grand sculpture group and two enormous fountains, rising 90 and 100 metres.{{cite web |url=http://www.vnc.nl/items/steden/pyongyang.php?id=288 |title=Pyongyang |accessdate=2011-01-02 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724172316/http://www.vnc.nl/items/steden/pyongyang.php?id=288 |archivedate=24 July 2011 |df=dmy-all | publisher = VNC Asia Travel}}

The Mangyongdae Children's Palace has 120 rooms, a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a 2,000-seat theatre. The Mangyongdae Children's Palace is not to be confused with the {{ill|Pyongyang Children's Palace|ko|평양학생소년궁전}} situated in the north of the Kim Il-sung Square and founded in 1963.