Thousands flock to South Korean border park for rare view of North Korean weapon

🇰🇷 South China Morning Post (KR) —
Thousands flock to South Korean border park for rare view of North Korean weapon

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More than 13,000 people visited South Korea’s Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo over ten days to view a North Korean self-propelled howitzer visible from its observatory. Attendance rose 7.5% year over year despite heightened inter-Korean tensions.

More than 13,000 people visited South Korea’s Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, Gyeonggi province, over a 10-day period to catch a rare glimpse of a North Korean self-propelled howitzer visible from the observatory. Despite the heightened tensions between the two Koreas, a total of 13,243 people visited the park from October 26 to Wednesday, up 7.5 per cent from 12,321 during the same period last year, according to Gimpo city on Sunday. The increase came after images published by local media...

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