Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Selected city: 철원군
Historic sites & memorials
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Walk down the steps into the gorge and, in the middle of the Hantan River between black basalt cliffs, a single rock crowned with pines stands on its own. Goseokjeong means "pavilion of the lonely rock", and the name covers the rock, the p…
Waterfalls
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It is barely 3 m high, yet more than 80 m wide. Jiktang Falls cuts straight across the Hantangang River in Cheorwon, and instead of impressing with height, the whole width of the river drops in a single line. The falls were carved out of a…
Historic sites & memorials
철원군
On a low rise at the edge of the Cheorwon plain stands a three-storey concrete shell with every window blown out. The Korean Workers' Party Headquarters was built by the North Korean ruling party after liberation, and when the Korean War f…
Churches & monasteries
철원군
Not far from the Demilitarized Zone, in the town of Dongsong in Cheorwon, a small temple shelters an iron Buddha that has sat here for more than a thousand years. Dopiansa's Iron Seated Vairocana Buddha carries an inscription on its back d…