Mount Kumgang (Korean: 금강산; RR: Geumgangsan; MR: Kŭmgangsan; lit. Diamond Mountain) or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, formerly part of Kangwŏn Province, and is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula. The mountain is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the South Korean city of Sokcho in Gangwon-do.
MountKumgang (Korean: 금강산; RR: Geumgangsan; MR: Kŭmgangsan; lit. Diamond Mountain) or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a 1,638-metre-high...
The MountKumgang Tourist Region was a special administrative region of North Korea. It was geographically coterminous with Kumgang County, Kangwon Province...
Yi Chung-hwan, a Joseon-period geographer, associated Mount Penglai with Korea's MountKumgang. In a legend originating in the state of Qi during the...
Tell O' The Forest!, A True Daughter of the Party, and The Song of MountKumgang. The five plays have been performed consistently at the Pyongyang Grand...
Queensland, Australia, was moved to Vietnam in 1989, and then docked at MountKumgang on the east coast of North Korea between 1998 and 2022. According to...
area around MountKumgang, a scenic mountain close to the South Korea border, was designated as a special tourist destination: MountKumgang Tourist Region...
The Song of MountKumgang (Korean: 금강산의 노래) is a North Korean revolutionary opera. First performed in 1973, it is credited to Kim Jong-il. The performance...
armistice. The county takes its name from the MountKŭmgang, which is partially located there. The county seat, Kŭmgang-ŭp, was formerly called Malhwi-ri. The...
Industries Group. The Hyundai Group now focuses on elevators and tourism to MountKumgang.[needs update] The name "Hyundai" comes from a Korean word (Hanja: 現代)...
Ryo Island. Wonsan is considered an excellent natural port location. MountKŭmgang is located near Wonsan. Wonsan serves as the administrative center of...
Yong-dae. The first visit organized by the body was a 2001 visit to MountKumgang commemorating the 2000 inter-Korean summit. Most cultural, political...
significant mountains include Mount Sobaek or Sobaeksan (1,439 m or 4,721 ft), MountKumgang or Kumgangsan (1,638 m or 5,374 ft), Mount Seorak or Seoraksan (1...
The company manages a number of projects, including the resort at the MountKumgang Tourist Region and road/rail building operations. It is also involved...
temple located on MountKumgang, North Korea. Founded in the 7th century under the kingdom of Silla, it is the only one of MountKumgang's four great temples...
from its waters. In 2011 the ship trialed a route between Rason and MountKumgang. In 2018, the ship carried a 140 person delegation, as well as an art...
to be accepted. In 1998, visa-free travel to the tourist resort of MountKumgang and the Kaesong Industrial Region was made possible under the "sunshine...
Korean Peninsula and the holy mountain of the Korean people. 6 MountKumgang (금강산) MountKumgang was considered the most outstanding and beautiful mountain...
Special Region of Yogyakarta Aceh Sinuiju Special Administrative Region MountKumgang Tourist Region Abyei Special Administrative Area (condominium simultaneously...
customs and passing. This also discussed the resumption of tourism in the MountKumgang Tourist Region. On 16 September, Kaesŏng was reopened after five months...
P. Parry, Richard Lloyd (4 February 2010). "Food shortages and violence mount in North Korea as Utopian dream fails". The Times. London. "North Korea...
crossing was built adjacent to the road which took South Koreans to MountKumgang Tourist Region, a region of significant cultural importance for all...
Yujŏm-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple located on MountKumgang, North Korea. Founded under the kingdom of Silla, it underwent many successive restorations...
mountains include Mount Sobaek or Sobaeksan (1,439 m), MountKumgang (1,638 m), Mount Seorak (1,708 m), Mount Taebaek (1,567 m), and Mount Jiri (1,915 m)...
security forces. July 11 – South Korea suspends all trips to North Korea's MountKumgang after a 53-year-old South Korean tourist is shot and killed by a North...
objected to his father's submission to Goryeo and became a hermit in MountKumgang. Father: Kim Hyo-jong, King Shinheung of Silla (신흥대왕; 877 – ?) Grandfather:...
ancient Korean capital at Kaesong, MountKumgang, and the coastal city of Wonsan. Palin then flies from Wonsan to Mount Paektu on the border with China before...
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