UNESCO added a group of sites in and around Kaesong, North Korea to the World Heritage List yesterday, citing their importance to “the transition from Buddhism to neo-Confucianism in East Asia and to the assimilation of the cultural spiritual and political values of the states that existed prior to Korea’s unification under the Koryo Dynasty.”
I’ve visited the area in and around the sites and will post a few photos below.
The Koryo Museum, located on the grounds of a palace complex just outside Kaesong.
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