List of tunnels in North Korea
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This page is a list of tunnels in North Korea.
Rail
Mass transit
- Saenggiryong Railway Tunnel[1]
Road
Tunnels from Pyongyang to Wonsan in order:[2]
English Name | Korean Name | Length (굴길이) | Complete | Notes |
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Suan tunnel | 수안굴 | 300m? | 9 September 1978 | |
Kyŏngsu tunnel | 경수굴 | 107m? | 9 September 1978 | [3] |
Kwanmun tunnel | 관문굴 | 306m? | 9 September 1978 | |
Kumsudong tunnel | 금수동굴 | 477m? | 9 September 1978 | [4] |
Sinphyŏng tunnel | 신평굴 | 283m? | 9 September 1978 | Missing from the video. |
Munbawi tunnel | 문바위굴 | 62.5m? | 9 September 1978 | [5] |
Ŭndŏk tunnel | 은덕굴 | 85m | 9 September 1978 | |
Sogwang tunnel | 서광굴 | 49m | 9 September 1978 | |
Kwangmyŏng tunnel | 광명굴 | 194m | 9 September 1978 | |
Ryomyong tunnel | 려명굴 | 44m[6] | 9 September 1978 | [7] |
Mannyŏn tunnel | 만년굴 | 212m | 9 September 1978 | [8] |
Ponghwa tunnel | 봉화굴 | 40m | 9 September 1978 | |
Sol Jaeryŏng tunnel | 솔재령굴 | 9 September 1978 | [9] | |
Pŏptong tunnel | 법동굴[10] | 253m? | 9 September 1978 | [11] |
Chungsŏng tunnel | 충성굴 | 1229m? | 9 September 1978 | |
Sangryŏng tunnel | 상령굴 | 671m? | 9 September 1978 | |
Kamdun tunnel | 감둔굴 | 310m? | 9 September 1978 | [12] |
Majŏn tunnel | 마전굴 | 9 September 1978 | ||
Tochan tunnel | 도찬굴 | 482m? | 9 September 1978 | |
Mujigae (Rainbow) tunnel | 무지개동굴 | 4135m? | 9 September 1978 | [13][14] |
Tunnels from Pyongyang to Kaesong, in order:
English Name | Korean Name | Length | Notes |
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Jangchŏn tunnel | 장천굴 | [15] | |
Taedong tunnel | 대동굴 | [16] | |
? | |||
? | |||
Kachang tunnel | 가창굴 | 305m | [17] |
Yangam tunnel | 양암굴 | ||
Chunghol tunnel | 충홀굴 | ||
Sŏbong tunnel | 서봉굴 | 306m[18] | |
Mŭlam tunnel | 믈암굴 | 300m[19] | |
Samryong tunnel | 삼룡굴 | Same name as a nearby town.[20] | |
Puhŭng tunnel | 부흥굴 | [21] | |
Jupo tunnel | 주포굴 | [22] | |
Ryonggung tunnel | 룡궁굴[23] | Likely name and location based on a nearby town.[24] | |
Okchŏn tunnel | 옥천굴 | [25] | |
Ryesŏng tunnel | 례성굴 | ||
Kyeryŏng tunnel | 계령굴 | [26] | |
Samgŏ tunnel | 삼거굴 | ||
Hongil tunnel | 홍일굴 | 345m | [27] |
There are two tunnels near Kaechon.
- The eastern tunnel is the 2nd Sŏhwa tunnel (서화2굴),[28] whose length is 417m.[29]
- The western tunnel is therefore perhaps the 1st Sŏhwa tunnel (서화1굴).
- There is a tunnel and depressed section of the road in Songmun.
- An unused tunnel under the Taedong river, being bypassed by the Taedong River Bridge.
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There are three Geumneung tunnels, one on the Chongryu Bridge, one on the Rungra Bridge, and one by the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.
- 금릉동굴/금릉1호동굴 Rungra Bridge Geumneung tunnel with eastern[30][31] and western[32] portals.
- 금릉동굴/금릉2호동굴 Chongryu Bridge Geumneung tunnel[33]
- 금릉동굴 Kumsusan Palace Geumneung tunnel[34]
- 마람굴 Maram tunnel (road to Pyongsong)[35]
Incursion tunnels to South Korea
Image | English Name | Korean Name | Discovered | Notes |
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First Infiltration Tunnel | 제1땅굴 | 20 November 1974 | ||
Second Infiltration Tunnel | 제2땅굴 | 19 March 1975 | ||
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Third Tunnel of Aggression | 제3땅굴 | 17 October 1978 | |
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Fourth Infiltration Tunnel | 第4땅굴 | 3 March 1990 |
See also
References
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