Sacred mount: North Korean students posing for photos as they march to the summit of Mount Paektu, the spiritual birthplace of the nation. — AFP
Mount Paektu: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s father and predecessor is said to have been born in a simple wooden hut on the slopes of a sacred mountain, and guide Kim Un-sim has no doubts: “Welcome to our holy land”.
The North is avowedly atheist, with its own Juche ideology proclaiming that “Man is the master of all things”, but quasi-religious terminology abounds at Mount Paektu, a dormant volcano straddling the border with China.
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