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The Korean Armistice Agreement signed on 27 July 1953 recognised North Korean control over Kaesong making it the only city to change control from South Korea to North Korea as a result of the war. Postwar Kaesong and the part of Kyonggi Province that came to be occupied was organized into "Kaesong Region" (Kaesŏng Chigu; 개성 지구; 開城 ...
On 17 April, North Korea barred a delegation of 10 South Korean businessmen from delivering food and supplies to the 200 South Korean staff who remained in the industrial zone. [24] On 26 April 2013, South Korea decided to withdraw all remaining staff, [ 25 ] and on 4 May, the last seven South Koreans left the Kaesong Industrial Region, which ...
Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kaesong, North Korea.The site consists of 12 separate components, which together testify to the history and culture of the Koryo Dynasty from the 10th to 14th centuries.
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Sŏnjuk Bridge is a Koryo-dynasty stone bridge located in Kaesong, North Korea.Built in 1290, it is famous as the place where famed Confucian scholar and statesman Chŏng Mong-ju was assassinated, allegedly on the orders of the Yi Pang-wŏn, son of the first king of the Joseon Dynasty, Yi Sŏng-gye. [1]
Kaesŏng station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. [1] It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality trains terminate here due to the Korean ...
The Kaesong Namdaemun is the south gate of the old walled city of Kaesong, North Korea.Constructed between 1391 and 1393, it is the only one of the original seven citadel gates to survive mostly intact into the present.
Founded by the Cheontae sect of Buddhism in 1027, the temple is believed to be one of the first of the sect's temples in Korea. Destroyed by a fire in the 16th century, and further damaged by American bombing during the Korean War, little remained of the original temple when reconstruction began in 2000 as a joint Korean cultural project.