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Ch'wijokkyo Destination Guide

Touring Ch'wijokkyo in North Korea

Ch'wijokkyo in the region of Hwanghae-namdo is located in North Korea - some 87 mi or ( 140 km ) South-East of Pyongyang , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ch'wijokkyo

Time in Ch'wijokkyo is now 05:30 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Pyongyang " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Daejeon, Daegu, Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju. Being here already, consider visiting Daejeon . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Ch'wijokkyo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

DMZ Tour Part II

3:33 min by Dave Davis
Views: 27940 Rating: 5.00

This is of the MAC Building. Otherwise known as Building T2. ..

View of Kaesong City

0:33 min by asianlaw
Views: 8129 Rating: 5.00

View of Kaesong (Gaesong) City, DPRK from Janamsan Hotel. This movie contains a lot of bicycles and commuter bus from Gaesong Industrial Area. ..


Passing through Kaesong city in North Korea (DPRK)

0:56 min by nilov71
Views: 3588 Rating: 5.00

On the way back to Pyongyang from DMZ, we passed through Kaesong city. At the end of the clip, note the girl hiding from us as we were waving. I also recommend: "Passing through Nampo" youtu.be "Pyong ..

North Korean Junket - part 3

9:52 min by MrSweihan
Views: 3291 Rating: 3.86

This documentary is a look at a North Korean propaganda march from 2004. The trip was organized by a group called the Korean Friendship Association. A group of westerners are taken on a tour of North ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kaesong Industrial Region

Kaesŏng Industrial Region is a special administrative industrial region of North Korea. It was formed in 2002 from part of Kaesŏng Directly Governed City. On 3 April 2013, the DPRK blocked access to the region, to all South Korean citizens, as political tensions between the two nations rose.

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Located at 37.93 126.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Directly Governed Cities and Special Administrative Regions of North Korea, Economy of North Korea, Kaesong

Kijong-dong

Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng-dong or Kijŏng tong is a village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Kaesong-si, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Also known in North Korea as Peace Village, it has been widely referred to as Propaganda Village by those outside North Korea, especially in Western and South Korean media.

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Located at 37.95 126.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Former populated places in North Korea, Ghost towns in Asia, Kaesong, Korean Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae, Unprintworthy redirects, Villages in North Korea

North Korea Peace Museum

The North Korea Peace Museum is in the building constructed to house the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953. It is located in the former village of Panmunjeom (P'anmunjŏm) in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It is located approximately 1.2 kilometres west of the Joint Security Area (JSA), in the northern half of the Demilitarized Zone.

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Located at 37.96 126.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Korean War memorials and cemeteries, Korean War museums, Military and war museums, Museums in North Korea, Peace museums

Panmunjom

Panmunjom, located in Gyeonggi Province, is an abandoned village on the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed. The building where the armistice was signed still stands, though it is north of the Military Demarcation Line, which runs through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone.

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Located at 37.96 126.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Divided cities, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean War, North Korea–South Korea border crossings

Koryo Songgyungwan University

Koryo Songgyungwan University or University of Light Industry (고려 성균관 대학교) is an educational institution in North Korean city of Kaesong. The university was founded in 992 with the name Gukjagam. It was renamed Seonggyungam in 1298 and Seonggyungwan in 1308.

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Located at 37.98 126.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 990s architecture, 992 establishments, Educational institutions established in the 10th century, Universities in North Korea