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Explore Kumsu in South Korea

Kumsu in the region of North Gyeongsang is a town in South Korea - some 132 mi or ( 212 km ) South-East of Seoul , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Kumsu

Current time in Kumsu is now 12:28 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Seoul " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wolsong, Ulgong-ni, Ulgok, Yul-li, and Daejeon. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Wolsong . 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 Kumsu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Haiensa Temple - South Korea

3:53 min by Toki Rabbit
Views: 3310 Rating: 4.78

I was hopping around South Korea finding my family when I stopped at Haiensa. We rose long before sunrise, hiked up the mountain to the Haiensa Buddhist Temple. Each day for 600 years the Monks have w ..

'Stache Potatoes - Untitled (Live @ Royal Anchor)

5:44 min by tromo00
Views: 93 Rating: 5.00

'Stache Potatoes performing Untitled. Thanks Cait for filming this one. LYRICS: I am a skeleton of who I used to be This city man, this city man, it's starting to get to me When I find anything worthw ..


Dennis in Korea33 (1999)

9:56 min by dpchrist26
Views: 39 Rating: 5.00

the Ex & I visiting temples & a palace.. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Seongju County

Seongju County (Seongju-gun) is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. This largely agricultural area is located immediately west of the metropolitan city of Daegu.

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Located at 35.92 128.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Counties in North Gyeongsang Province, Seongju

Gayasan National Park

Gaya Mountain National Park, also spelled Kaya Mountain National Park, in South Korea covers an area of more than 80,000 square kilometers, and extends from the top of South Gyeongsang (경상남도, 慶尙南道) province to the bottom of North Gyeongsang (경상북도, 慶尙北道) province. The Sobaek Mountain range (소백산맥, 小白山脈) runs through this area. On this mountain, there are two major peaks, one of them is Sangwangbong Peak and the height is 1,430 meters but the other, Chulbulbong is 1,433 above sea level.

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Located at 35.82 128.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Mountains of South Korea, National parks of South Korea, Parks in North Gyeongsang Province, Parks in South Gyeongsang Province, Protected areas established in 1972

Haeinsa

Haeinsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order (대한불교조계종, 大韓佛敎 曹溪宗) of Korean Buddhism in the Gaya Mountains (가야산, 伽倻山), South Gyeongsang Province South Korea. Haeinsa is most notable for being the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,350 wooden printing blocks, which it has housed since 1398. Haeinsa is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea, and represents Dharma or the Buddha’s teachings.

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Located at 35.80 128.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: 802 establishments, Buddhist temples in South Korea, Buddhist temples of the Jogye Order, Buildings and structures in South Gyeongsang Province, National Treasures of South Korea, Religious organizations established in the 9th century, Visitor attractions in South Gyeongsang Province, World Heritage Sites in South Korea

Tripitaka Koreana

The Tripitaka Koreana or Palman Daejanggyeong ("Eighty-Thousand Tripitaka") is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka (Buddhist scriptures, and the Sanskrit word for "three baskets"), carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century. It is the world's most comprehensive and oldest intact version of Buddhist canon in Hanja script, with no known errors or errata in the 52,382,960 characters which are organized in over 1496 titles and 6568 volumes.

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Located at 35.80 128.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Buddhism in Korea, Chinese Buddhist texts, Korean culture, Memory of the World Register, National Treasures of South Korea, Tripiṭaka

Yangmok Station

Yangmok Station is a railway station on the Gyeongbu Line, the most important railway line in South Korea and one of the oldest. It is located between Waegwan Station and Gumi Station. It is approximately a 25 minute ride from Daegu Station, more than 2 hours from Busan, and less than 4 hours from Seoul.

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Located at 36.04 128.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Railway stations in South Korea