This Gyeonggi-do Dark Tourism is an educational tour to learn about Korean War and Korean independence movement in Japanese colonial era.
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Day1:
DMZ
Imjingak Park
Dorasan station
Dora Observatory
The 3rd infiltration tunnel
The War Memorial of Korea
Day 2:
Seodaemun Prison
Dongnimmun Gate (Seodaemun Independence Park)
The Independence Hall of Korea
the Imjingak is a park overlooking the Imjingang River - literally a shrine to national division. Major landmarks include an altar where families originally from the North come to perform ancestral rites (usually performed in one’s ancestral hometown) on the Korean holidays, an observatory and…
Dorasan Station is a railway station situated on the Gyeongui Line which once connected North and South Korea and has now been restored. For several years the northernmost stop on the line was Dorasan Station, which is served by Tonggeun commuter trains. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)…
Dora Observatory is on the South Korea side of the 38th parallel. Situated on top of Mount Dora, the observatory looks across the Demilitarized Zone. . It is the part of South Korea closest to the North Korea. You can catch a rare glimpse of the reclusive…
Before 1975, the 3rd Infiltration Tunnel was unknown. It was not until 1975 that a North Korean defector named Kim Bu-seong claimed that the north had built a secret passageway across the demilitarized zone for the main purpose of invading the south. To find the…
The War Memorial of Korea, located in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, exhibits and preserve materials related to the Korean War and serves as a national moral educational venue. It was established to commemorate the noble sacrifice of patriotic martyrs by the War Memorial Service Korea Society on…
Seodaemun Prison History Hall is a special museum located at Seodaemun Independence Park. It was built near the end of the Joseon Dynasty (~1910), and was where Japanese soldiers tortured and later executed Korean Independence Movement followers. Seodaemun Prison History Hall was built in remembrance…
Dongnimmun stands at a spot originally known as Yeongeun, where envoys were once treated. When a Chinese envoy visited, the King would go out through this door to greet him. It's in 1897, to announce that our independence to Japan, Russia which had influence and…
The Independence Hall of Korea displays Korean historical documents and relics from the past to the present, focusing on the independence movements of the Japanese Colonial Period. Originally the interim Government Building of Korea in China, the building was brought over to Korea after the…
