Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized
The Panmunjom flagpole, flying the flag of North Korea.
The Panmunjom flagpole, the world's seventh-tallest, 160 m (525 ft) in height, flying a 270 kg (595 lb) flag of North Korea over Kijŏng-dong, near Panmunjom.
Daeseong-dong is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The village is about 1.6 kilometres south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 k
Kijong-dong
…permitted to remain in the 4 km (2.5 mi) wide DMZ set up under the 1953 armistice during the Korean War; the other is the South Korean village of Daeseong-dong, 2.22 kilometers (1.38 mi) away. The North Korean government says the village contains a 200-family collective farm, serviced by a child care center…
The Daeseong-dong flagpole, flying the flag of South Korea
Rice harvest in Daeseong-dong, 1998
10kg & 20kg sacks of rice bearing the DMZ brand, sold in Daeseong-dong