The North Korean side of the mountain was recently designated a UNESCO Global Geopark, marking North Korea’s first natural site to be included on the list. The executive board of the United ...

What is juche, why do North Koreans revere a mountain, and why do they call themselves ... we explain three key concepts of North Korea's ideology. Presented by Hyung Eun Kim of BBC Korean.

Kim Jong Un, who has served as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, also keeps up the tradition of his elders and pays visits to the mountain during times of trouble, like the 2013 ...

On the eastern coast just north of the 38th parallel, the Geumgang Mountains (Diamond Mountains) are a beautiful, impressive range. Within the bounds of the Geumgangs is the largest national park ...

Choi, my guide, nods at the mountains. “North Korea,” he says. “Very close.” A couple of weeks before I arrived, North Korean forces had shelled Yeonpyeong Island, off the west coast of ...

high in the mountains of North Korea. The two-week battle that followed, fought in brutally cold temperatures, is one of the most celebrated in Marine Corps annals.

Its executive board designated the Chinese side of the mountain as Mount Changbaishan Unesco Global Geopark under its Chinese name last year. North Korea sought the Unesco listing for the mountain ...