KUMGANGSAN TOURIST REGION

'Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region' is a special administrative region of North Korea. It was established in 2002 to handle South Korean tourist traffic to Kŭmgangsan (Diamond Mountain, the second tallest mountain in North Korea).
Since 1998, South Korean tourists have been allowed to visit Kŭmgangsan, travelling at first by cruise ship, but more recently by bus on a newly built road through the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In 2002, the area around the mountain was separated from Kangwon-do and organized as a separately administered Tourist Region.

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★ Mt. KumGang, organizes tours from South Korea to Kumgangsan (Korean only).

★ Hyundai Asan, the company behind the tours.

See also

★ List of Korea-related topics