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International Friendship Exhibition

International Friendship Exhibition is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand International Friendship Exhibition rather than just read about it. In short: The International Friendship Exhibition is a large museum complex located at Myohyangsan, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. It is a collection of halls that house gifts presented to former leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il from various foreign dignitaries.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The International Friendship Exhibition is a large museum complex located at Myohyangsan, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. It is a collection of halls that house gifts presented to former leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il from various foreign dignitaries. The protocol of gift-giving is well established in Korean culture.

History Built in a traditional style, the halls opened on 26 August 1978 and consist of over 150 rooms covering a total area of between 28,000 and 70,000 square metres. The building offers the impression that it has windows, though it has none. According to a local legend, Kim Jong Il built the International Friendship Exhibition in three days; however, actual construction took a year. Currently, estimates of how many gifts the exhibition holds vary between 60,000 and 220,000 gifts. On entering the exhibition, shoes must be removed and visitors are asked to bow before portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. Satellite imagery from 2017 shows increased underground activity at the site, suggesting an expansion may be underway. The setting of the museum in the Myohyang mountains, near the Pohyon temple, was the subject of a poem by Kim Il Sung, which he later chanted from the balcony of the International Friendship Exhibition on October 15, 1979:

The museum is said to act as propaganda, giving the impression of worldwide support for the North Korean government. Visitors to the museum are informed that the number of gifts constitute "proof of the endless love and respect toward the Great Leader [Kim Il Sung]." However, North Korean visitors to the site are unaware of the ceremonial exchange of gifts in diplomatic protocol, and are described by Helen-Louise Hunter to be "impressed by the self-serving explanations offered to them." Another author, Byoung-lo Philo Kim, states that the entire exhibition is "aimed at convincing [North] Korean visitors that their leaders are universally admired."

Gifts Most of the gifts received were from friendly communist nations and states. Such gifts include:

A stuffed bear's head from former Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu. A small metal equestrian statue of a horseman and ornate chess-boards from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. A crocodile-skin suitcase from former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. A gem-encrusted silver sword and a miniature of a mosque made from mother of pearl, given by former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. An antique gramophone from China's first premier Zhou Enlai and an armoured train-car from the PRC's first chairman, Mao Zedong (entire wings in the exhibition centre are dedicated to displayed gifts from China). An ivory lion statue from Tanzania, a gold cigarette-case from Yugoslavia, a bronze Soviet tank miniature from East Germany and a pair of silver chopsticks from Mongolia. A basketball signed by Michael Jordan given by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. A ZIS-110 armoured car from former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. An alligator holding out a wooden tray of cocktail glasses with a matching ashtray, from Nicaraguan Sandinistas.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with International Friendship Exhibition

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what International Friendship Exhibition claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to International Friendship Exhibition before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about International Friendship Exhibition ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of International Friendship Exhibition

In research: International Friendship Exhibition appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses International Friendship Exhibition in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: International Friendship Exhibition is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1978 establishments in North Korea, 20th-century architecture in North Korea, Buildings and structures completed in 1978, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for International Friendship Exhibition outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study International Friendship Exhibition in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what International Friendship Exhibition means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is International Friendship Exhibition in simple terms?

Why does International Friendship Exhibition matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study International Friendship Exhibition?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on International Friendship Exhibition.