Dorasan station – the railway connecting North
and South Korea
Dorasan Station is located on the Gyeongui line,
which once connected North and South Korea and is
the last station in South Korea before the North Korean
border. Dorasan station has recently been restored,
but trains do not still run between North and South
Korea. However, on the 17th of May 2007, the first
train runs were made between the two Koreas. The tests
included two five-car trains with 150 people aboard,
one departing from the North and another from the
South. Both trains returned on the same day after
spending a few hours on the opposite side.
Mount Kumgang – tourist destination in North
Korea
Mount Gumgang is considered by Koreans one of the
most beautiful spots to hike in the Korean peninsula.
It has beautiful valleys, rock formations, waterfalls
and almost completely untouched nature. Attractions
within Mount Kumgang Park include Samil Lake 
and
Guryong Waterfalls that, with their 74 metres drop,
are the biggest waterfalls in the Korean peninsula.
Mount Gumgang is located in North Korea and foreign
tourists have been allowed in only since 1998; however,
until 2003, it was only accessible by boat. In 2003
Hyundai Asan started running the first buses transporting
tourists from South Korea to Mount Kumgang.
Hyundai is in charge of building the road and all
the tourist facilities around Mount Kumgang, such
as Geumgansan Condo (for accommodation), Onjunggak
(a base camp for hikers with shops and restaurants)
and a golf course for affluent South Koreans, which
is in the process of being made.
As Mount Kumgang is located in North Korea, there
are some restrictions that visitors have to be careful
about. For example, the use of some electronic equipment
(MP3 players, mobile phones, laptop computers) is
forbidden and the use of cameras must be limited and
cameras with a telephoto bigger than 160 mm are not
permitted. Also, tourists cannot introduce newspapers
or magazines.
