Nearly three-fourths of the country is mountainous, with myriad hiking opportunities for beginners and experts alike.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a new mountain spa and ski resort that's intended for people to enjoy “high civilization under socialism” in another example of the ...

Over the past year, the Korean government’s actions have been very successful in limiting the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak and lessening its economic impact. According to the IMF’s latest annual ...

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a new mountain spa and ski resort that’s intended for people to enjoy “high civilization under socialism” in another example of the country using tourism ...

A top North Korean official has visited a mountain resort that had been jointly run with rival South Korea during past periods of rapprochement and discussed efforts to unilaterally rebuild it into “a ...

The first waterfall people see when walking up Baekdusan Mountain along the Amnokgang River, or Yalu River, is the Hyeongje Pokpo, the "Brother Waterfall" or "Sibling Waterfall." The waterfall is ...

2003-04-27 04:00:00 PDT Bongha, South Korea-- The old man in the gray felt hat walks purposefully around to the back of the house, through the yard with the malodorous mesh-wire chicken coop and past ...

A TYPICAL DAY on a South Korean mountain starts much like a typical day in a South Korean office: with a subway journey. At a station in southern Seoul, scores of people emerge into the crisp dawn air ...

Plush green pine trees are densely planted on rocky hills outside a towering apartment block in Seoul. They resemble South Korea’s famed Dodamsambong Peaks, but are just a fraction of the size. This ...

A desolate but lovely volcano on the North Korea-China border could be the key to unraveling the sudden, mysterious death of an exiled scion of North Korean royalty. South Korea’s spy agency believes ...

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