Daeseong-dong
Sign in to saveDaeseong-dong (also called Tae Sung Dong, and Jayu-ui Maeul) is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The village is about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km (7.5 miles) from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. , the village has 138 residents, mostly elderly.
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Key facts
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- The Daeseong-dong flagpole, flying the flag of South Korea
- Settlement.name
- Daeseong-dong
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- Korean
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- Hangul
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- 대성동
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- Hanja
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- 臺城洞
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- Revised romanization
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- Daeseong-dong
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- McCune–Reischauer
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- Taesŏng tong
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Paju
- Population
- +193
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Image
- Daeseong-dong Scene.jpg
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Location, description
- Economy
- Elementary school
- Flagpoles
- References
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Daeseong-dong (also called Tae Sung Dong, and Jayu-ui Maeul) is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The village is about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km (7.5 miles) from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. , the village has 138 residents, mostly elderly.
== Location, description == Daeseong-dong belongs administratively to Josan-ri, Gunnae-myeon, in Paju. It is the only civilian habitation within the southern portion of the DMZ. Panmunjeom is to the northeast, and the actual Military Demarcation Line (the de facto border between South and North Korea) is only west of the village. Only individuals who lived in the village before the Korean War, or are descendants of those who did, are allowed to move to the village.