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Taean Destination Guide

Delve into Taean in North Korea

Taean in the region of P'yŏngan-namdo is located in North Korea - some 19 mi or ( 30 km ) South-West of Pyongyang , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Taean

Local time in Taean is now 04:17 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Pyongyang " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Daegu, Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, and Incheon. While being here, you might want to check out Daegu . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Taean ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

AIR KORYO vs CUBANA (Photos)

2:02 min by kosmosFL
Views: 16374 Rating: 4.32

Comparing Airlines. ..

Mighty North Korean ten lane highway (DPRK)

0:42 min by nilov71
Views: 4937 Rating: 5.00

We drove for miles on this desert ten lane highway. We tried to take pictures and videos from the bus, but the road is very bumpy (as you can see from other videos). Someone in our group asked our gui ..


Pyongyang metro: Puhung station

0:51 min by utti1980
Views: 3744 Rating: 5.00

Pyongyang metro: Puhung station. My travelogue: vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com (by train from Austria to North Korea). ..

North Korean Junket - part 4

11:07 min by MrSweihan
Views: 1747 Rating: 3.67

This documentary is a look at a North Korean propaganda march from 2004. The trip was organized by a group called the Korean Friendship Association. A group of westerners are taken on a tour of North ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Taedong River

The Taedong River is a large river in North Korea. It rises in the Rangrim Mountains of the country's north. It then flows southwest into Korea Bay at Namp'o. In between, it runs through the country's capital, Pyongyang. Along the river are landmarks such as the Juche Tower and Kim Il-sung Square. The river has a length of 439 kilometers and is generally deep. It is the fifth longest river on the Korean peninsula and the second longest in North Korea.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 38.87 125.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Geography of Pyongyang, Rivers of North Korea

Complex of Goguryeo Tombs

The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs (Complex of Koguryo Tombs) lie in North Korea. In July 2004, they became the first UNESCO World Heritage site in the country. The site consists of 30 individual tombs from the later Goguryeo kingdom, one of Three Kingdoms of Korea, located in the cities of P'yŏngyang and Namp'o. Goguryeo was one of the strongest Korean kingdoms in the north east of China and the Korean Peninsula from 37 BCE to the 7th century CE.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 38.86 125.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in North Korea, Goguryeo, Korean art, Murals, World Heritage Sites in North Korea

Kangso-guyok

Kangsŏ is a district in Nampo, North Korea. The population is 100,000.

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Located at 38.92 125.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Districts of Nampo

Pyeonghwa Motors

Pyeonghwa Motors, (a Korean language word for "peace", also spelled Pyonghwa) is one of the two car manufacturers and dealers in North Korean automotive industry. It is a joint-venture in Nampo between Pyonghwa Motors of Seoul, a company owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and the North Korean Ryonbong General Corp.

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Located at 38.75 125.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Companies established in 1999, Manufacturing companies of North Korea, Motor vehicle manufacturers of North Korea, Nampo, Transport in North Korea, Unification Church affiliated organizations

Nampo

Namp'o is a city and seaport in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. It was a provincial-level Directly Governed City (Chikhalsi) from 1980 to 2004, when it was designated a "Special City" (T'ŭkgŭpsi) and made a part of South P'yŏngan. Namp'o was designated a T'ŭkpyŏlsi (teukbyeolsi; 특별시; 特別市) "Special City" in 2010. Namp'o is situated some 50 kilometres south west of P'yŏngyang, at the mouth of the Taedong River.

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Located at 38.73 125.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Cities in South Pyongan, Nampo, Port cities and towns in North Korea