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Typhoon Observation Platform built by unparalleled
Typhoon Unit on December 3rd 1991 is located on Suri ridge,
the highest ridge of Mt. Biggi at Hoengsan-ri, Jung-myeon
about 65km away from Seoul and about 140km away from Pyeongyang.
At first, boundary line of south and north was established
at 2 km distance from Military Demarcation Line but North
Korea has installed iron fence near by cease-fire line in
1968 and so South Korea also installed iron fence partially
in 1978.
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Accordingly, Typhoon Observation Platform became
about 800m distances from cease-fire line and 1,600m distance
from North Korean guard post and it became the nearest observation
platform to North Korea along 155-mile cease-fire line.
Typhoon Observation Platform has churches, Catholic church,
statue of Virgin Mary, Buddhist sanctum, and pavilion for bell
that the soldiers can have religious assembly, monument for
the people that their native place is in North Korea and monument
to the memory of war record.
Also an electric bulletin board for broadcast to the north to
play voices of freedom, peace and love to North Korean countrymen.
Also pavilion exhibits daily commodities of northern people
collected Imjingang Pilseung Bridge located 2km away from pavilion
and invasion equipment that armed spies has used during their
infiltration over tens of times after cease. |
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