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North Korea’s new missile museum: part shrine, part arms bazaar

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM · 1 min read
North Korea’s new missile museum: part shrine, part arms bazaar — South China Morning Post, San Francisco Arts news
Image: South China Morning Post

North Korea now has a museum for its bombs. The National Defence Revolution Museum, which opened on Sunday, is the country’s first dedicated exclusively to military hardware, from rifles to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Observers say it is also intended to send a message to Washington and Seoul, serve as a permanent showroom for the North’s arms exports and visibly enshrine its nuclear programme as an irreversible part of state policy. Third-generation ruler Kim Jong-un cut the...

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