Talk:Juche Tower

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"365 × 70, one for each day of Kim Il Sung's life, excluding supplementary days". What is a "supplementary day"? --User:Taejo|대조 14:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I would think this refers to February 29? Muad 21:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Why would something so thoroughly North Korean as this tower be Romanized in the South Korean Ministry of Education’s Revised Romanization System? I fail to see the logic. Why not use the DPRK’s Romanization system?

Because they don't use it themselves. Have a look at English DPRK media, where you are likely to find the spelling ‹Juche›. I suspect the DPRK is far less consistent in its romanisations than the Republic of Korea. If an entity claims to use a specific system, it does not mean it actually does. Also remember that many romanisations that coincide with the new South Korean rules have been around before 2000, for example the spelling ‹Seoul›, which originated as SE+OUL but may now be interpreted as SEO+UL. Wikipeditor 17:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

THE TORCH

Can anyone resolve the issue of what the torch atop the monument consists of? The wiki article calls it an "illuminated metal torch," which I interpret as a metal sculpture illuminated by spotlights. But Chris Springer's guidebook Pyongyang calls it a "stained-glass red flame wired to flicker at night." The orientalarchitecture.com site listed at the bottom of the wiki page just says the torch is made of "rare materials." So is it a sculpture illuminated from without, or a glass or other transparent material structure which is illuminated from within? Shirokuma1 14:11, 28 July 2007 (UTC)