Imjingak and Pyeonghwa-Nuri Park임진각·평화누리공원

At a glance

Millions of Korean and foreign visitors a year come to Imjingak, on the Imjin River near the DMZ, to remember the Korean War and the division it left behind. Its most striking sights are reminders of what was cut off: a train that once ran north to Sinuiju, the piers of an Imjin railway bridge destroyed in the fighting, and the Mangbaedan altar, where people displaced from the North bow toward the families they could never go back to. War memorials, including those for the Imjin River battles and for US forces, stand around the 46-hectare grounds, which also hold an exhibition hall, the Pyeonghwa-Nuri peace park, the Peace Gondola and the Korean War Abductees' Memorial Hall.

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Imjingak and Pyeonghwa-Nuri Park · 3 tours & tickets

1. KlookDMZ & North Korea Experience Hall tourA DMZ day tour from Seoul that includes Imjingak and the North Korea Experience Hall there.Book
2. KlookSpecial DMZ history tourA DMZ history day tour that tells the story of civilians abducted during the Korean War, at Imjingak and other DMZ sites.Book
3. GetYourGuideSmall-group DMZ tourA small-group half- or full-day DMZ tour from Seoul that includes Imjingak and its North Korea Experience Hall.Book

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  The Peace Gondola leaves from the Imjingak grounds and crosses the river toward Camp Greaves, an easy add-on to a visit here.

Nearby

Imjingak Peace GondolaA gondola from Imjingak across the Imjin River into the civilian control zone toward Camp Greaves, with glass-floored cabins.Camp GreavesA former US Army camp 2 km south of the DMZ, now a youth hostel and peace-education site with its barracks and officers' quarters kept intact.Tongilchon Village'Unification Village', a settlement inside the Civilian Control Line in Paju, close to North Korea, that you can enter only on a booked DMZ tour.Dorasan StationA station opened in 2002 inside the civilian control zone on the Gyeongui Line, rebuilt in the hope of one day linking the two Koreas by rail.