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Conducted at Imjingak, located on the border with North Korea, the “DMZ Security Tour” offers a close-up view of North Korea, making it a popular destination, especially for foreigners. The tour lasts approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, following a course that includes “Imjingak – Dorasan Station – 3rd Tunnel – Dora Observatory – Unification Village – Imjingak.” The itinerary ...

Imjingak is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in South Korea, located closest to North Korea. Here, you can explore various travel packages and places, including security tourism, as well as attractions like the cable car and Peace Nuri Park. Due to its considerable size, it can take quite a while to visit and enjoy all the contents. Even ...

Imjingak is evolving into a more sophisticated place compared to its past. With the introduction of a cable car, you can now see new buildings that were not there before. Next to the cable car building, the DMZ tour ticket office has been relocated, and the remaining space is used as a rest area. “A Variety of Restaurants in Imjingak” ...

Near the entrance of the Freedom Bridge in Paju’s Imjingak, you can see the steam locomotive boiler of the Gyeongui Line’s Jangdan Station. On December 31, 1950, amidst the height of the Korean War, a train carrying military supplies and provisions from Kaesong Station departed with 25 carriages, heading towards Sinuiju Station. However, due to the tactical situation caused by ...