Mansudae Overseas Projects

Mansudae Overseas Projects
Chosŏn'gŭl 만수대해외개발회사
Hancha 萬壽臺海外開發會社
McCune–Reischauer Mansudae Haeoe Kaebal Hoesa
Revised Romanization Mansudae Haeoe Gaebal Hoesa

Mansudae Overseas Projects is a construction company from North Korea. It's the international, commercial division of the Mansudae Art Studio.[1]

In Namibia, Mansudae Overseas Projects has designed two major projects:

In Senegal, the company built the African Renaissance Monument.[2] In Benin, the company has built a statue of Béhanzin.[2] In Botswana, it constructed the Three Dikgosi Monument, also called the Three Chiefs monument.[2] In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it has built a statue of Laurent-Désiré Kabila. [2]

Mansudae Overseas Projects has also worked on the President Dr. Agostinho Neto Cultural Center in Luanda, Angola.

References

  1. ^ Pier Luigi Cecioni and Eugenio Cecioni, "The Mansudae Art Studio, from The Hermit Country, published by Petra, Padua/Empoli, Italy, May 2007
  2. ^ a b c d e Niang, Amy. "African Renaissance, reloaded: the old man, the behemoth and the impossible legacy". http://wits.academia.edu/AmyNiang/Papers/159370/African_Renaissance_reloaded_the_old_man_the_behemoth_and_the_impossible_legacy. Retrieved 23 December 2011.