AI Translated Image

Pyongyang Subway It's so fancy it earned the nickname 'Underground Palace' and is incredibly popular. Along with the Moscow subway, It was built extremely deep underground so it can double as an air raid shelter in an emergency.

However, the train cars themselves reportedly have all sorts of problems due to power shortages and aging infrastructure.

AI Translated Image

There are related urban legends about this. They usually involve railways or roads reserved exclusively for the Kim family buried deep underground, or even crazier—that an entire city exists. This is mainly attested by defectors who worked on construction, and high-ranking defector Hwang Jang-yop also gave similar testimonies.

AI Translated Image

He recalled, “Inside the 40km tunnel running from Pyongyang to Jamosan in Suncheon, there were clean springs and lush green grass.” He specifically added, “They dug a tunnel from Pyongyang Cheolbongsan resort down to Nampo Port, which could be used by (National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il, etc.) to flee to China during an emergency.”

AI Translated Image

But the reality of it is unknown. Just constructing tunnels is a huge attention magnet (attracts major aggro), And if it were city-level, the problems they'd have to solve—like ventilation, temperature, lighting, and ground stability—would be endless. Considering how terrible North Korea's current state is, There's no official information dropped by domestic or foreign intelligence agencies. Maybe they just hid it *really* well. Source: Smiling Global Village Gallery [View Original]