CNN — It was once an exclusive five-star resort floating directly over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Intelligence reports in South Korea say that the floating Hotel Haegumgang was among the sites destroyed by the North Korean government in 2022, along with Onjonggak Rest House, where televised reunions between separated relatives from both sides of the DMZ previously took place. “It’s …
CNN — Once hailed as a symbol of peace between the Koreas, a floating hotel in a resort area is being destroyed by the North Korean government. An official from the South Korean Unification Ministry told CNN that they spotted what appears to be “dismantling activity” at multiple sites at Mount Kumgang. “Mount Kumgang tours improved inter-Korean reconciliation and served …
Goseong, South Korea CNN — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had nothing but praise for “the compatriots in the south” at the start of 2019, speaking of “the united strength of the fellow countrymen.” Making predictions about a country as insular and cryptic asNorth Korea is often ill-advised, but it seems likely that such warmth towards South Korea will …
CNN — Plush green pine trees are densely planted on rocky hills outside a towering apartment block in Seoul. Seunggu Kim A beautification trend known as "jingeyong sansu" seeks to recreate the country's most famous mountains -- on a much smaller scale -- outside luxury apartment complexes and private villas. Seunggu Kim "There's a positive and shamanistic belief towards mountains …
Seoul CNN — It’s not quite spa wars, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has used the steamy atmosphere of a hot spring resort to turn the temperature up on his criticism of South Korea. But he wasn’t there to relax, instead taking a swipe at a symbolic tourism town, Mount Kumgang, partly funded as a peace gesture by …
