Demilitarized Zone - South Korea

Cheorwon

Cheorwon is located in the northern section of South Korea near the DMZ and North Korean border. Much of this region is a restricted zone due to its location, with many remains of painful memories of the Korean War in the form of underground tunnels.

On the road to the Demilitarized Zone :

The Iron Triangle Observation Platform

The Iron Triangle Observation Platform is a four-storey building built in the other side of Woljung station in 1988. This 300 capacity building has 8 hightly efficient telescopes and gives a view of the Pyunggang plateau, a propagande village, the Kim, il-sung Hill, and the Blood Ridge, including th DMZ. The building also offers a miniature of which allows you to experience the partition of the Korean peninsula on a different level.

Woljeong-ri Station

Adjacent to The Iron Triangle Observation Platform, this is the closest railway station to the Demilitarized Zone on the South Korean side. Behind the station in these photos lie the remains of a train which was destroyed during the Korean War and has since sat there for over 40 years.

Baekma (White Horse) Hill

The Baekma Hill was the most bloody battlefield, where its winner got switched 24 times with 300,000 cannon balls from the Chinese Army in a 10-day offensive during the Korean War. The hill has been called Backma (white horse) since the Hill lost its original shape and looked like a lied-down horse due to severe artillery fire. To honor the soldiers of the 9th division of ROK Army, who lost their lives in the battle to defend the Hill to the last minute during the Korean War, the monument was erected at Dongsong-up in Chulwon-kun.

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Cheorwon
Cheorwon is located in the northern section of South Korea near the DMZ and North Korean border. Much of this region is a restricted zone due to its location, with many remains of painful memories of the Korean War in the form of underground tunnels.






On the road to the Demilitarized Zone :


The Iron Triangle Observation Platform
The Iron Triangle Observation Platform is a four-storey building built in the other side of Woljung station in 1988. This 300 capacity building has 8 hightly efficient telescopes and gives a view of the Pyunggang plateau, a propagande village, the Kim, il-sung Hill, and the Blood Ridge, including th DMZ. The building also offers a miniature of which allows you to experience the partition of the Korean peninsula on a different level.


Woljeong-ri Station
Adjacent to The Iron Triangle Observation Platform, this is the closest railway station to the Demilitarized Zone on the South Korean side. Behind the station in these photos lie the remains of a train which was destroyed during the Korean War and has since sat there for over 40 years.

Baekma (White Horse) Hill
The Baekma Hill was the most bloody battlefield, where its winner got switched 24 times with 300,000 cannon balls from the Chinese Army in a 10-day offensive during the Korean War. The hill has been called Backma (white horse) since the Hill lost its original shape and looked like a lied-down horse due to severe artillery fire. To honor the soldiers of the 9th division of ROK Army, who lost their lives in the battle to defend the Hill to the last minute during the Korean War, the monument was erected at Dongsong-up in Chulwon-kun.