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Grand Shopping Mall

Grand Shopping Mall, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Kaesong Grand Shopping Mall, centralize located in Kaesong city. Best place to buy souvenir of North Korea. Traditional wear, food, craft works, and antiques. The price is fixed in Chinese RMB or US dollar. You can try your luck to bargain. 

Nandemon Bell Tower

Nandemon Bell Tower, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Most of the people may think Nandemon can only found in South Korea, actually there is one in Kaesong North Korea. In Nandemon, one of the most famous buildings is this Ancient Bell Tower. This is one of the famous bell towers in North Korea. The bell was kept in one of the... 

Coree Museum

Coree Museum, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Coree Museum was built in Coree Era named as Songgyunguan University, the building is remain and now turns into Coree Museum, the remains indicating the way of development of Coree, the cultural assets, Buddhist image, metal craft, building model, stone art object were... 

Local Villlages

Local Villlages, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Find a day, if you realize that there isn’t any spy around; try your luck to go around. The places I would definitely visit is local village. Here is one of the villages I’ve chosen near by Kaesong city. As you can see, the house is made of wood, with very think concrete.... 

The Grand General Hall

The Grand General Hall, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Some call this Grand General Hall as The Cultural Central or The Cultural Hall, but it really depends on the guide book. There is a cultural food court inside where can fit more than 500 people. When there are tourists visiting to this hall, they may have traffic control for... 

Restaurants  

Kaesong Cultural Hall: Chicken Soup Sangettan

Kaesong Cultural Hall: Chicken Soup Sangettan, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  All you can eat, variety choices of local spice and local home food. The most highlight of food was when the chicken soup (Sangettan) was served. Enjoy the soup before you have too many swallow into your stomach. The chicken was boiled with herb medicine for at least 3 to... 

Ton-Chan (Piggie): Must try item

Ton-Chan (Piggie): Must try item, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Ginseng, Matsutake Mushroom in North Korea worth No.1 in the world. The price may simply goes up 100 times once exported out. Once travel to any part of North Korea, order some food relating to Ginseng, Matsutake Mushroom. Ginseng rice 

Ton-Chan (Piggie): Crabs

Ton-Chan (Piggie): Crabs, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  The Crabs consider is one of the luxuries food here in North Korea, however, the price is about US8-US20 but it depends on weight. The waiter will shows you few crabs, pick up any sizes you want, they will cook for you, either with tomato eggs, sour source, chili peppers, or... 

Nightlife  

Nightlife at Kaesong Folk Hotel: Just a small bar

Nightlife at Kaesong Folk Hotel: Just a small bar, Kaesong

 Willettsworld Says:  You won't be allowed out of the Kaesong Folk Hotel at night and the only thing really to do is to go to the hotels small bar. They had a TV on in the corner and it seemed to be showing a war film in black and white that looked like it could be from the 1940's or 50's but in... 

Shopping  

Outdoor stands

Outdoor stands, Kaesong

 schwein Says:  Every outdoor stand you see in tourist locations in Kaesong has pretty much the same few things for sale:A selection of North Korean booze, three flavours of two-years-past-the-sell-by-date cola, warm bottled water, ginseng products, and cookies.They charge in US$, and... 

Kaesong Folk Custom Hotel: Souvenir shop

Kaesong Folk Custom Hotel: Souvenir shop, Kaesong

 schwein Says:  Every stand you see in Kaesong has pretty much the same few things for sale: A selection of North Korean booze, three flavours of two-years-past-the-sell-by-date cola, warm bottled water, and cookies. The souvenir shop at the Folk hotel has a much better selection. Books,... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

Be careful, and think a bit...

Be careful, and think a bit..., Kaesong

 schwein Says:  Being a foreigner in North Korea is a bit different than travelling to any other country. Having handlers, or people watching you 24-7 (whether you know they're there or not) is a bit weird, but has to be accepted to travel here. If somebody tells you to do something, do it!... 

What to Pack  

What to bring

What to bring, Kaesong

 schwein Says:   -Bring a digital camera, as opposed to film. Your handlers like being able to see what you have taken pictures of, and being able to immediatly erase anything they don't like. All my cams are digital, so I had no problems at the border. However, I saw somebody having their... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Kaesong Army Camp

Kaesong Army Camp, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Kaesong Army Camp is near to the Kaesong city main entrance from Pyongyang direction. It Is located side of the Pyongyang-Kaesong highway. So our driver slow down the speed for us to have a clear look of the army camp. 

Wild Sakura

Wild Sakura, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  May, the season for Wild Sakura in North Korea. Not just only focus on people, during the journey, sometimes every single scenery pass by can be very breathtaking. Just like this hill area outside the north of Kaesong city, the contras of Sakura Pink and the lawn green was... 

Bagging kids

Bagging kids, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  The are definitely not the baggers, but they will ask food from you. Like ‘give me something to eat…’, or ‘give me some sweets…’, some even may ask ‘give me some banana…’, I don’t know do there have any money changes in the town, however I still prefer to give to the child... 

Local Life

Local Life, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  This couple believes moving to the market. Based on my basic Korean language ability; the wife said the ‘ The unprocessed rice 5 Kati’s has been booked 2 weeks ago’, The husband replied ‘give them more money, otherwise, they won’t sell it to you….’ From the conversation, you... 

Local School

Local School, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Local school is where the local receive the education. You can hear some students are singing, some are reading the book out loud. And of course some teaches are talking out loud like giving speech. If you want to go nearer to the locals, make sure that you have some sweets... 

Funny photo at front of Coree Museum

Funny photo at front of Coree Museum, Kaesong

 o00o Says:  Area for photography allows in North Korea is very limited. Most of the time consult your tour guide and they will announce area “YES” or “DON’T” for using your cameras. Mean while, do not forget to take some funny picture like a jump, or with funny face. 

Favorites  

Party of school children

Party of school children, Kaesong

 Willettsworld Says:  When we were visiting the Tomb of King Kongmin, this party of school children came marching and chanting down the road and stopped at the foot of the hill where the tomb is located. Notice that the boys are in front of the girls when they are lined up. 

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On the Far Side of the Kimchee Curtain... Kaesong

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 Kaesong is a city with some history behind it. The original capital of Koryo (918 A.D. - 1392 A.D.), the capital was then moved to Hanyang, what is now the area of Seoul, after an assassination and... 

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Rush hour in Kaesong

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 Old Cliffie took this photo of the main street in Kaesong – a town with a population of 150000 - in the early afternoon of a normal working day. There was not a lot of traffic. In fact, the traffic...... 

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Big on history but near big trouble

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 Kaesong lies right in the south of the country, just a few miles from Panmunjom and the demilitarised zone. We came here down the empty 4-lane Reunification Highway from Pyongyang and stayed overnight... 

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The Old Capital

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 Kaesong hosted many military meetings during the Korean Conflict. In so much, neither side wanted to be in jeopardy of getting caught in the cross fire. Therefore even though it is not in the current... 

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 I've got some interesting experiences in Kaesong. I'd love to share with you the 2 tips I've written, the 3 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created. 

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