Wednesday Group Tour

DMZ(De-militarized Zone) Tour

Date/Time

-July 27 (Wed) 12:30 – 17:00

Itinerary

-Conference Venue – Imjingak Park - Unification Bridge - ID Check - D.M.Z Theater and Exhibition Hall - 3rd Tunnel - Dorasan Observatory - Dorasan Station – Conference Venue

Price

-Free for registrants, KRW 45,000 for accompanying persons

Conditions

-For group tour, ICAP2016 prepare lunch box for participants.

Description

-Imjingak Park is the place where the Korean war was broke out on 25 June 1950 and one race has been opposed to each other. There are diverse monuments in this place; a war record monument of Imjingak district, a monument of America's entry into the war, a memorial tower of 17 diplomatic mission died by North Korean's bomb terror in Myanmar in 1983, and a monument for people in Kimpo Airport bomb accident in 1987. Train used to travel to Sinuiju, where is located in the north end of the country, before the partition of the Korean Peninsula.
-The Unification Bridge,which is known as the Gateway to the Unification, was constructed by the founder of Hyundai Corp.,Jung Ju Young to drive cattles to North Korea as a payback in 1998. Since1998, It has been used by the former presidents Kim Dae Jung, Roh Mu Hyun to cross the border for North-South summit talks.
-The 3rd Infiltration Tunnel was discovered on October 17' 1978. It is located 52km from Seoul. Approximately 10'000 soldiers can move through this tunnel In one hour. When this tunnel was discovered' North Koreans insisted steadfastly that it was made by South Koreans to invade North Korea' but this proved to be false. Mt. Dora Observation Platform is located nearby the 3rd Tunnel. From this observation platform' North Korean military personnel are visible' and so are the city of Gaeseong and the Geumgangsan Diamond Mountains.
-The Dora Observatory is the northernmost observatory of South Korea from which visitors can view a part of North Korean life through a telescope' such as Mt. Songaksan in Gaeseong' Kim Il-seong statue' Gijeong-dong' the outskirts of Gaeseong-si' Train smokestack at Jangdan station' and Geumamgol (collective farm). This has 304 sq. ft. and some facilities; 500 capacity' VIP Room' control office' 30 to 40 capacity parking lot. It opened to the public in Jan. 1987 From Dora Observatory' tourists can view the North Korean propaganda village in the DMZ and as far north as the city of Gaeseong.
-The Dorasan Station is the northernmost station in South Korea has planned to connect the Gyongueisun(Line) and it will be linked to the European continent via the Siberian Railway.