page_title: Taedong Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Taedong Bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: Live in May, 1988. Taedong river, Pyongyang, North Korea. I had to travel to China, then to North Korea. One day – just relaxing in Budapest – next day on a jet over the gulf. We saw the canon firing beneath (Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988). North Korea, China was a mystery, an other planet at the time. Flying homebond I read the chinese newspaper: János Kádár is gone. Published under Creative Commons in Metapolisz DVD line. Paper, Zenit-E. Tags: North Korea 1988 People’s Republic of Korea Iran-Iraq War János Kádár Zenit E Metapolisz
context_page_description: The Taedong Bridge is a bridge over the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea.
  The bridge was built by the Japanese and completed in 1905. It is one of Pyongyang's two oldest East-West connections via the Taedong Gang, along with the Yanggak Bridge, built in the same year.
  1988 at the foot of the bridge
  It was largely destroyed in the Korean War. After the invasion of Chinese troops in the winter of 1950, thousands of civilians fled to the rubble of the bridge to cross the river and as a result, several people were killed. The event was taken on December 5, 1950, by Associated Press photographer Max Desfor titled Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1951.
context_section_description: The Taedong Bridge is a bridge over the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea.
  The bridge was built by the Japanese and completed in 1905. It is one of Pyongyang's two oldest East-West connections via the Taedong Gang, along with the Yanggak Bridge, built in the same year.
  1988 at the foot of the bridge
  It was largely destroyed in the Korean War. After the invasion of Chinese troops in the winter of 1950, thousands of civilians fled to the rubble of the bridge to cross the river and as a result, several people were killed. The event was taken on December 5, 1950, by Associated Press photographer Max Desfor titled Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1951.
caption: Under the bridge 1988
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