Kaesong
Kaesŏng is a city in North Korea, only 8 km from the DMZ with South Korea. Twelve historic monuments and sites in Kaesong were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sungyang Seowon and Kaesong Youth Stadium.
Sungyang Seowon
Archaeological site
Photo: Photlas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of Mt. Janam in Kaesong, North Korea. The hall was constructed in the late fourteenth century for the home of the famously loyal statesman and Confucian scholar Chŏng Mong-ju, whose 1392 assassination by the agents of the later Taejo of Joseon marked the end of the Koryo dynasty.
Kaesong Youth Stadium
Stadium
The Kaesŏng Youth Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kaesŏng, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000 spectators and opened in 1988.
Kaesong
- Location: North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.99° or 37° 59′ 24″ northLongitude
126.5673° or 126° 34′ 2″ eastPopulation
193,000Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
8Q98XHQ8+XWGeoNames ID
12902703
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