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Wanggong-dong Destination Guide

Discover Wanggong-dong in North Korea

Wanggong-dong in the region of Hwanghae-namdo is a town located in North Korea - some 89 mi or ( 143 km ) South-East of Pyongyang , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Wanggong-dong

Local time in Wanggong-dong is now 12:09 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Pyongyang " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Daejeon, Daegu, Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju. When in this area, you might want to check out Daejeon . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Wanggong-dong ? 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. ..


Apartment buildings in Kaesong city (DPRK)

1:18 min by nilov71
Views: 2613 Rating: 4.33

Nice looking facades on these apartment buildings in Kaesong city, North Korea. I also recommend: "US spy ship captured by North Korea" youtu.be "North Korea - Amazing picture (DPRK)" youtu.be "Not an ..

Beautiful North Korean waitress (DPRK)

1:21 min by nilov71
Views: 1022 Rating: 2.14

This beautiful waitress served us as we stopped for lunch in Kaesong at the Tongil Restaurant (Reunification Restaurant), on our way back from the DMZ to Pyongyang. I also recommend: "Not an every day ..


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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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.93 126.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Directly Governed Cities and Special Administrative Regions of North Korea, Economy of North Korea, Kaesong

Sonha Station

Sonha Station is a railway station located in Kaesong, North Korea. It is located on the Pyongbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyongui Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to Pyongyang. Though this line theoretically connects Pyongyang to Busan in South Korea, in reality it ends at Kaesong Station due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.96 126.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Railway stations in North Korea

Panmun Station

Panmun Station is a railway station located in the Kaesong Industrial Region in North Korea. It is served by the Pyongbu Line which is the southern half of the North Korean portion of the Kyongui Line which once ran from Seoul to Sinuiju.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.93 126.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Railway stations in North Korea

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.95 126.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 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

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.97 126.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Cities in North Hwanghae, Former national capitals, Kaesong