Colour comes from the standard rubbery cheap waterproofing material that is also used to coat high school lab floors and basketball courts in korea.
North korea blue roofs.
What you re quoting is about south korea.
Built upon the site of the royal gard.
This imagery is also present in south korea.
The blue house is the most protected official residence in asia.
Most now are grey but there are some that are orange.
That being said most actually blue roofs are from industrial places where they use corrugated steel roofs or similar or aquariums with blue roofs.
There are a few reddit threads devoted to the number of blue roofs in korea.
South korea s presidential home is the blue house named for the hue of its roof tile some redditors speculate that.
Cheongwadae also known as the blue house informally is the executive office and official residence of the republic of korea s head of state the president of the republic of korea located in jongno gu of the capital seoul.
According to this post during the 1970 s north korea s government had a modernization effort.
Yes park loved blue roof and that s why south korean presidential residence is called blue house or chong wa dae which literally means house with blue roof tiles the residence was built under his rule.
Insofar as someone can afford blue tiles they must be wealthy.
The country op is talking about is north korea.
It s durable cheap and green.
Cheongwadae is in fact a complex of multiple buildings built largely in the traditional korean architectural style with some modern architectural elements and facilities.
Their head of state lives in the blue house which also has these blue tiles.
Authorities in north korea have ordered residents to modernize the roofs of all buildings in a bid to dupe the international community into thinking economic sanctions have had no effect on the.