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Gorgeous Transformation of Black Coal Mine, Samtan Art Mine

1 year ago11712 min

Gorgeous Transformation of Black Coal Mine, Samtan Art Mine Local people Hambaeksan-ro, Gohan-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do Samtan Art Mine is a place where the Samcheok Tanjwa Jeongam Mining Office, which was abandoned in 2001, was created as a cultural and artistic space. Samtan Art Mine is a combination of Samtan, an abbreviation of Samcheok Tanjwa, art of art, and mine, which means mine. It means that Samcheok Tanjwa will be developed as an art mine. It...

by Travel writer

Activities Destinations Gangwon-do

Meet the ‘at that time’ of Cheoram, the city of coal mining, Taebaek Cheoram Station

2 years ago11893 min

Meet the ‘at that time’ of Cheoram, the city of coal mining, Taebaek Cheoram Station Local people Dongtaebaekro, Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do Taebaek Cheoram was a prosperous town until the government launched a coal industry rationalization policy in 1989, and it is said that the population at one time reached 50,000. Cheoram Station is a place where you can guess what Cheoram looked like at the time. A four-story building stood tall, as if to speak of...

by Travel writer

Activities Destinations Gangwon-do

Sabuk Coal Relics Preservation Hall, the largest coal mine in Jeongseon where time has stopped

2 years ago11563 min

Sabuk Coal Relics Preservation Hall, the largest coal mine in Jeongseon where time has stopped Local people High1-gil, Sabuk-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do Jeongseon, Gangwon-do is the mecca of the coal industry that enjoyed its heyday in the 1970s, but now only traces of the past remain like a scent. Let’s go to the Sabuk Coal Relics Preservation Center (former Dongwon Tanjwa Sabuk Mining Office), where time has stopped since October 2004. The Dongwon Tanjwa Sabuk Mining...