Third Tunnel of Aggression - Paju-si - Korea - Military Installations on Waymarking.com

Since November 15, 1974, four tunnels made by North Korea have been found by South Korea running under the Korean Demilitarized Zone aka DMZ (Demilitarized Zone).
This is the third tunnel aka "Third Tunnel of Aggression", discovered on 17 October 1978, and is also an ORGANIZED tourist attraction. You can NOT travel there independently.
On the way by bus to it, photography is prohibited but once you arrive at the site, photography is allowed outside.
The footpath to the tunnel you enter through a metal detector, photography is also prohibited, you walk steeply down which takes a few minutes.
At 73 meters depth is the original tunnel and you can see it through a window in a door.
But now you have to find your way up again, what first seemed so easy turns out to be quite a job. It seems to take hours to get to the top. Fortunately, if you have no fitness, you can also take a small train to the top.
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"The incomplete tunnel is 1,635 metres (1.0 mile) long, 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) at its maximum height and 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) wide.[2] It runs through bedrock at a depth of about 73 m (240 ft) below ground.

It was apparently designed for a surprise attack on Seoul from North Korea, and could, according to visitor information in the tunnel, accommodate 30,000 men per hour along with light weaponry. Upon discovery of the third tunnel, the United Nations Command accused North Korea of threatening the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement signed at the end of the Korean War.
Its description as a "tunnel of aggression" was given by South Korea, who considered it an act of aggression on the part of North Korea."
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Era: Other General Comments: The korean war between North and South has never officially ended to this day. Related web site: [Web Link]

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