The Juche Tower is a monument located in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. It was constructed in 1982 to commemorate the ideology of Juche, which is the guiding philosophy of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea. It is located on the Taedong River in the west-central part of the country, about 109 kilometers (68 mi) upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288. Pyongyang is a directly administered city with a status equal to that of the North Korean provinces.