Origins of the city's Korean name So UNESCO World Heritage

King Kongmin cemetery in the city of Kaesong, North Korea

Who would have thought the communist nation of North Korea has a rich historical heritage . The proof , Kaesong City was asked UNESCO as a World Heritage Site . The city has a close relationship with the Korean name now .

United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) held a regular meeting in Phnom Penh , Cambodia . The results of the meeting , several tourist destinations and natural history , now bears a World Heritage Site . Among others, Mount Fuji in Japan , the town of Agadez in Niger clay , and the city of Kaesong in North Korea .

Kaesong is a city in North Hwanghae Province . Kaesong once the capital of the Koryo Dynasty ( 918-1392 ) . This is the dynasty that gave identity to Korea , before it was split into North and South . Of Koryo , comes the Korean name .

The city has many historical relics include tombs of the kings of Korea , the old fort , and the 700 -year -old school . In total there are 12 sites that show the history of the establishment of the Korean heart . UNESCO assess the city of Kaesong as a valuable political , cultural , philosophical and spiritual .

Monuments and historical sites were located a few kilometers from the industrial area that once managed North and South Korea , together . But the area was closed because of the political situation between the two countries increasingly heated .

Previously , Kaesong is in the region of South Korea . Until the 1950-1953 Korean War , Kaesong is under the control of North Korea . Even up to the civil war was over , Kaesong North Korea still occupied . Kaesong became the only city that changes ownership due to the civil war .

After Kaesong declared a World Heritage Site , some black-suited North Korean delegation stood up and applauded .

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