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Ponggok Destination Guide

Touring Ponggok in North Korea

Ponggok in the region of Hwanghae-namdo is located in North Korea - some 92 mi or ( 149 km ) South-East of Pyongyang , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ponggok

Time in Ponggok is now 06:06 PM (Monday) . 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 Namsan-dong. 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 Ponggok ? 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. ..

Norh Korea & South Korea's border: the DMZ

4:48 min by mattleviking
Views: 25150 Rating: 4.80

Short trip into the DMZ. ..


Into the North...

9:46 min by Steve Miller
Views: 17824 Rating: 4.56

I travel on a tour into the DMZ, the Demilitarized Zoned. As an active theater of engagement, there are several restrictions as to when and where you may take pictures. It was a great experience and I ..

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. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Amsil

Amsil is a village in North Korea near the South Korean border.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.78 126.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Populated places in North Korea

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 11 km away
Tags: Directly Governed Cities and Special Administrative Regions of North Korea, Economy of North Korea, Kaesong

Battle of Imjin River (1592)

For the similarly named battle during the Korean War (1950-1953), see Battle of the Imjin River. The Battle of Imjin River was a battle during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598). It resulted in a Japanese victory.

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Located at 37.78 126.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1592 in Japan, 1592 in Korea, Battles of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), Conflicts in 1592

Imjin River

The Imjin River is the 7th largest river in Korea, North and South Korea. It flows from North to South, crossing the Demilitarized Zone and joining the Han River downstream of Seoul, very near the Yellow Sea. The river is not the namesake of the Imjin Waeran Japanese invasions of Korea in the late 1500s.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.78 126.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: International rivers of Asia, North Korea–South Korea border, Rivers of North Korea, Rivers of South Korea

Kaesong

Kaesŏng is a city in North Hwanghae Province, southern North Korea (DPRK), a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Koryo Dynasty. The city is near Kaesŏng Industrial Region close to the border with South Korea and contains the remains of the Manwoldae palace. Called Songdo while it was the ancient capital of Koryo, the city prospered as a trade center that produced Korean ginseng. Kaesŏng now functions as the DPRK's light industry centre.

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Located at 37.97 126.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Cities in North Hwanghae, Former national capitals, Kaesong