Showing posts with the label North Korea

The Australian Floating Hotel That Ended Up in North Korea

Dec 24, 2019

For little more than a year in the late 1980s, a seven-story five-star hotel floated over John Brewer Reef, about 70 km off the coast of Tow...

The Strange Case of Kijong-dong And Daeseong-dong

Aug 13, 2018

After three years of bloody conflict that saw three million people dead, the two neighboring countries, North and South Korea, entered into ...

The Deepest Metro Stations in The World

Mar 6, 2017

The average metro train doesn’t go beyond a few stories underground. But sometimes the geology and the geography of the region, such as the ...

Panmunjom, The Only Place Where Tourists Can Get Shot

Jan 15, 2013

Panmunjom is located in the most sensitive area of Korea's demilitarised zone. It’s the only tourist destination where visitors are requ...