Inside North Korea Back In PrintErased by bombing during the Korean War, North Koreas trophy capital of Pyongyang was entirely rebuilt from scratch from 1953, in line with the vision of the nations founder, Kim Il Sung. Designed as an imposing stage set, it is a place of grand axial boulevards linking gargantuan monuments, lined with stately piles of distinctly Korean flavor, to be national in form and socialist in content. Under the present leader, Kim Jong Un, construction has