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My Trip to North Korea
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:03 am
by Kim Sung
Today I enjoyed a very special Christmas. I had a fantastic trip to North Korea today. Here are photos that I took in Kaesung (
개성), the southernmost city in North Korea. Kaesung was a South Korean territory before the Korean War but was occupied by the Chinese troops in January 1951. So it took 57 years for the South Koreans to take a step in this former South Korean city, just 1 hour's distance from Seoul. In this sense, today is a very touching day for me.
Bus waiting in downtown Seoul at 5 o'clock in the morning for a historic trip for Kaesung
Bus ticket for Kaesung
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:15 am
by Kim Sung
South Korean railroad facility in the border area
South Korean soldiers at a check point in DMZ
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:16 am
by Kim Sung
We've arrived at last!
We are tourists~
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:23 am
by Kim Sung
Tourists walking toward the Bakyon cascade (
박연폭포), the most famous cascade in North Korea.
A poem eulogizing the Bakyon cascade
Historic meeting with the Bakyon cascade
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:27 am
by Kim Sung
The cascade is frozen!
Tourists walking on the frozen surface
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:30 am
by Kim Sung
Let's get closer to the cascade!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:35 am
by Kim Sung
A Chinese poem eulogizing the beauty of the Bakyon cascade.
Chinese character names of Koreans carved on rocks of the cascade
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:45 am
by Kim Sung
A Chinese poem eulogizing the Platonic love between famous Confucian scholar Seo Kyong-Duck (
서경덕) and famous gisaeng (
기생) Hwang Jin-Yi (
황진이) who are from Kaesung.
According to North Korean tour guides, this poem was encoded by Kim Il-Sung when he visited the Bakyon cascade in 1992. It means that nobody knows the meaning of this poem before Kim Il-Sung did in 1992. Believe it or not.
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:10 am
by Kim Sung
Water stream of the Bakyon cascade
Snow-covered cascade
My trip diary will continue tomorrow...
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:14 am
by Musashi
Amazing photos, Mr. Kim :)
And welcome to the forum
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:24 am
by Kim Sung
The name of the above arbor is
Bomsajong (범사정, 泛傞亭) which was built in 1700. The name
Bomsajong means a bird flying in the sea of mist.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:41 pm
by Kim Sung
Kaesung was the capital city of Korea from 919 to 1394.
The road to the Daehung castle (대흥산성) which was built in the Koryo dynasty (
고려시대).
The main gate of the Daehung castle
A guide post
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:25 am
by Kim Sung
Poems glorifying Kim Il-Sung
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:25 am
by Kim Sung
Visiters' names carved on rocks
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:26 am
by Kim Sung
Lunch at a restaurant named
Tongilguan (통일관, The House for Unification)
Traditional Korean style lunch
