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World-famous Mt. Kumgang of Korea 2024-05-04140World-famous Mt. Kumgang of Korea Mt. Kumgang is well known as one of the “six famous mountains” of Korea and one of the eight beauty spots in Korea from ancient time for its natural landscape of various, imposing, beautiful and multifarious mountains. 1...
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Mt. Kuwol 2024-04-226230Mt. Kuwol Mt. Kuwol takes its name from September(Kuwol in Korean) because the autumn-tinted mountain is so beautiful in September. It is one of the six famous mountains of Korea from ancient time for its beauty of the mountain and valleys. It is 954 meters high above se...
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Yaksandongdae 2024-04-188532Yaksandongdae Yaksandongdae is one of the eight scenic spots in North and South Phyongan Provinces and Jagang Province for its scenery from ancient time. (Phyongan Province was called the Kwanso area during the Feudal Joson Dynasty. It includes Pyongyang, South Phyongan Province, Nort...
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Mt. Myohyang  2024-04-1012053Mt. Myohyang Mt. Myohyang, 1 909 meters high above sea level, has been called Mt. Myohyang from the meaning that it is a beautiful mountain which is wonderful and gives off a fragrance. The Korean nation compared the wonderful mountain to Mt. Kumgang and its grand spectacle...
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Amnok River 2024-03-2717791Amnok River The Amnok River takes its source from the slope south of Mt. Paektu and flows into the West Sea of Korea. It is 803 kilometres long. It is the longest river in Korea. On the bank of the Amnok River are lots of pavilions including Segom Pavilion of Manpho and Thonggun Pavilion ...
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Tuman River 2024-03-2220712Tuman River The Tuman River takes its source from the slope east south of Mt. Paektu flows to the East Sea of Korea through Uam-dong, Sonbong District of Rason City. Its length is 547.8 kilometers. It is one of the five long rivers of Korea and it is next to the Amnok River in length. The...
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Walled City of Pyongyang 2024-03-2121912Walled City of Pyongyang The Walled City of Pyongyang is the capital of Koguryo. It is called “Jangan Wall”, too. The Walled City of Pyongyang consists of 4 castles, inner, middle, outer and north ones blocked with walls. The total length of the walls of the castle is about 2...
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Taedong River 2024-03-1523601Taedong River The Taedong River takes its source from Mt. Rangrim in Taehung County, South Phyongan Province and flows into the West Sea of Korea. It is 450.3 kilometers long. It is the fifth long river in Korea. It flows through the centre of Pyongyang, the c...
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Dolmen 2024-03-1224051Dolmen Dolmen is a typical grave of the people of ancient states of Korea including Ancient Korea (beginning of B.C. 30-B.C. 108). It is the stone coffin, made of a plain rock and pieces of stone on the ground or inside the semi-underground, with the stone lid on it weighing 5 to 6 ton...
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Rimyongsu Waterfall 2024-03-0926612Rimyongsu Waterfall Rimyongsu Waterfall is in Rimyongsu-Dong, Samjiyon City, Ryanggang Province. The falls flowing from the cliff in Rimyongsu valley consists of nine falls and many other big and small falls between them. Standing on the top of the waterfall is a pavilion. It gives...
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Seven-storied Pagoda of Hyonhwa Temple 2024-02-2924681Seven-storied Pagoda of Hyonhwa Temple Seven-storied Pagoda of Hyonhwa Temple (in Songgyungwan-Dong, Kaesong) was at the site of Hyonhwa Temple. It is now in Koryo Museum (mementoes of Koryo are on display). According to the monument to Hyonhwa Temple the pagoda was built in the year 1...
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The Monument to the Great Victory in Yonsong 2024-02-2326942The Monument to the Great Victory in Yonsong The Monument to the Great Victory in Yonsong located in the township of Yonan County, South Hwanghae Province of the DPRK was built in the beginning of the 17th century in memory of the great victory in the battle at Yonan Castle during the I...
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Sokwang Temple 2024-02-0726560Sokwang Temple Sokwang Temple in Solbong-ri, Kosan County, Kangwon Province of the DPRK dates back to the end of Koryo- Feudal Joson Dynasty. Ungjin Pavilion was set up for the first time in 1386 at the end of Koryo and later more than 50 buildings, large and small, were put up in the period...
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Sangmo Dance 2024-02-0121240Sangmo Dance Sangmo dance means a dancing with turning round the Sangmo(the top of the cap decorated with bamboo and beads and tie its end with white feather or piece of paper). Sangmo dance is the one by men in the traditional peasant dances peculiar to Korea. It is divided into dance wi...
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Sungryong Temple 2024-01-3016870Sungryong Temple Among the valuable cultural heritages created by the Korean nation is Sungryong Temple in Central District, Pyongyang. It is a shrine building dates back to the Feudal Joson Dynasty. It was built for the first time in the 15th century. It was a shrine used for the memorial...
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Kaesong Koryo Insam, Special Product of Korea 2024-01-2617260Kaesong Koryo Insam, Special Product of Korea There are a lot of world-famous special products in Korea and among them is Kaesong Koryo Insam (ginseng). Insam means that the shape of its roots is like man. Insam that grows in mountains is called wild insam and the cultivated one ...
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Paeksang Pavilion 2024-01-2215841Paeksang Pavilion Paeksang Pavilion is a pavilion built on general’s terrace of walled city of Anju in Anju City, South Phyongan Province of the DPRK. It is a general’s office north of Anju. It was well known as one of the 8 scenic spots in North and South Phyongan and Jagang pr...
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Chusok, Folk Holiday of Korea 2024-01-1318130Chusok, Folk Holiday of Korea August 15 according to the lunar calendar is called Chusok in Korea. Chusok, a folk holiday celebrating a good harvest before harvesting a new crop of the year, was the greatest of the folk holidays in the year from ancient times. The Koreans began to celebra...
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“Honchonjondo”, an Astronomical Chart Created by Korean Nation Registered as UNESCO World Heritage 2024-01-0616951“Honchonjondo”, an Astronomical Chart Created by Korean Nation Registered as UNESCO World Heritage “Honchonjondo”, an astronomical chart of Korea, was registered as UNESCO world heritage in May 2023. An astronomical chart is the another name of a drawing of conste...
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Phyohun Temple of Mt. Kumgang 2023-12-236760Phyohun Temple of Mt. Kumgang The Phyohun Temple situated at the entrance of Manphok valley of Mt. Kumgang was built in the year 670 for the first time. The existing buildings were built again in the late period of feudal Joson dynasty. The Panyabojon, the main building, is a ...