Its author Philipp Meuser calls it The Illicit Guidebook, and its pages give a unique insight into one of the most fascinating cities you may never visit. We all know of the dark undertones to the elaborate communist architecture that swamps the capital of the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” – but that doesn’t change this being an utterly compelling document of architecture and culture in the world’s most isolated country. As Meuser says, “Pyongyang is arguably the world’s best preserved open-air museum of socialist architecture”, and his two volume book – Pyongyang Architectural and Cultural Guide – gives us unprecedented access to that museum.
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