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Wanghu-dong Destination Guide

Explore Wanghu-dong in North Korea

Wanghu-dong in the region of Hwanghae-namdo is a town in North Korea - some 82 mi or ( 132 km ) South-East of Pyongyang , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Wanghu-dong

Current time in Wanghu-dong is now 04:24 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Pyongyang " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Daejeon, Daegu, Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Daejeon . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Wanghu-dong ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Kim Jong Il Dead - Strange DMZ Activity

2:00 min by Lauren Bercarich
Views: 163510 Rating: 4.69

The DMZ is the most heavily fortified border in the world. We saw first hand how North and South Korean soldiers face off in the JSA or joint security area. In a highly unusual move, more than a dozen ..

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 ..

DMZ - Korean Demilitarized Zone, Panmunjom

1:25 min by sunsetbay83
Views: 572 Rating: 5.00

These are some photos of my trip to South Korea I did in August 2012. Here you can see the DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone). This area is very dangerous but it's really exciting: two Koreas are still a ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.96 126.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Divided cities, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean War, North Korea–South Korea border crossings

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.96 126.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Korean War memorials and cemeteries, Korean War museums, Military and war museums, Museums in North Korea, Peace museums

Joint Security Area

The Joint Security Area (JSA) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where South and North Korean forces stand face-to-face. It is often called the "Truce Village" in both the media and various military accounts. The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until March 1991, was also the site of military negotiations between North Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.96 126.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Aftermath of the Korean War, Korean Demilitarized Zone

Axe murder incident

The axe murder incident (Korean: 판문점 도끼살인사건, 板門店도끼殺人事件,도끼蠻行事件) was the killing of two United States Army officers by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) located in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The U.S. officers had been part of a work party cutting down a tree in the JSA. Three days later, the U.S.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.96 126.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: 1976 in North Korea, 1976 in South Korea, Axe murder, Conflicts in 1976, Deaths by blade weapons, History of North Korea, History of South Korea, Individual trees, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Military history of North Korea, Military operations involving the United States, North Korea–United States relations, Trees

Korean Demilitarized Zone

The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea which runs along the 38th parallel north. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.96 126.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Aftermath of the Korean War, Korean Demilitarized Zone, North Korea–South Korea border, Separation barriers, Zones