Kaesong Youth 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.- Type: Stadium
- Description: sports venue in Kaesong, North Korea
- Also known as: “Gaeseong Stadium”, “Kaesong Stadium”, and “Western Kaesong Park”
- Address: 개성특별시
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sungyang Seowon and Kaesong Folk Hotel.
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. Sungyang Seowon is situated 670 metres south of Kaesong Youth Stadium.
Kaesong Folk Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Jack Upland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kaesong Folk Hotel is a tourist hotel located in Kaesong, North Korea, which opened in 1989. Housed in 19 traditional hanok-style courtyard houses, many of which date to the Joseon dynasty and retain their original furnishings. Kaesong Folk Hotel is situated 1 km southwest of Kaesong Youth Stadium.
Koryo Museum (Sungyangwan Academy)
Museum
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Koryo Museum (Sungyangwan Academy) is situated 1½ km northeast of Kaesong Youth Stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kijong-dong.
Kijong-dong
Hamlet
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Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Kijong-dong is situated 9 km southeast of Kaesong Youth Stadium.
Kaesong Youth Stadium
- Categories: recreation area, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kaesŏng-si, Kaesong, Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.98095° or 37° 58′ 51″ northLongitude
126.56084° or 126° 33′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8Q98XHJ6+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 42349256OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumWikidata ID
Q5516663
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Kaesong Youth Stadium” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “開城青年競技場”
- Dutch: “Kaesongstadion”
- French: “stade de la Jeunesse de Kaesong”
- French: “Stade de la Jeunesse de Kaesong”
- Japanese: “開城青年競技場”
- Korean: “개성청년경기장”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Chanam and Revolutionary Museum for the History of Kaesong.
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