Arch of Reunification

Arch of Reunification is a state-built monument on the Reunification Highway on the western edge of Pyongyang, intended as a symbol of Korean reunification. It was unveiled in 2001 and is one of the more prominent modern monuments on Pyongyang’s outskirts.

The monument’s most distinctive feature is a large sculptural group of two stylized Korean women facing each other while jointly holding an outline map of the Korean Peninsula; the structure spans the road beneath. The arch and the sculpture are large enough to be visible from vehicles passing along the highway and from nearby viewpoints.

Built by the North Korean government as a political and commemorative monument, it has been used as a symbolic landmark in state messaging about reunification. The structure has no known public interior access and is primarily an external roadside monument.

The arch stands on the western approach into Pyongyang along the route that links the city with points north and west; it is within the city’s administrative area and adjacent to major arterial roads rather than in a park or pedestrian plaza.

• Principal sculpture: The central sculptural group shows two Korean women - one representing the North and one the South - holding a large map of a unified Korea.
• Location note: Sits directly over the Reunification Highway on the western approaches to central Pyongyang and is visible from passing vehicles on that route.