North Korea officially acknowledged for the first time that Mount Kumgang has been inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage site, three days after the designation was finalized by the organization’s World Heritage Committee in Paris on Sunday.
Mount Kumgang in North Korea is officially a Unesco World Heritage site, the international agency announced Sunday.
South Korea's Unification Ministry said Friday the two Koreas should resolve any inter-Korean issues through dialogue, as North Korea continues to dismantle a reunion facility for separated families inside its Mount Kumgang tourist area.
North Korea's Mount Kumgang is expected to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site following a four-year application process, Unesco said Tuesday.
North Korea has demolished South Korean-owned facilities including the Ananti Golf Resort and a gas station within the Mount Kumgang tourism zone, in what appears to be a continuation of Pyongyang’s efforts to erase South Korean presence.
North Korea abolished laws on inter-Korean economic cooperation at a plenary session of the Supreme People’s Assembly, reported its state media on Thursday...
Hyun Jeong-eun, chairwoman of Hyundai Group, withdrew an application to visit Mount Kumgang in North Korea after Pyongyang refused to respond to the request, the Unification Ministry said Monday.
Satellite imagery shows that North Korea has begun dismantling some of the facilities formerly operated by South Korean company Hyundai Asan at the Mount Kumgang resort, according to a report by Voice of America (VoA).
Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung said Sunday he will resume tourism to North Korea's Mount Kumgang as soon as possible if elected in March.
North Korea's Premier Kim Tok-hun visited the Mount Kumgang region on the country's eastern coast and called for building a modern and all-inclusive international tourist area "our own way," state media reported Sunday.
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