Dora Observatory
Hilltop viewing platform where paid binoculars peer across the DMZ into a North Korean propaganda village.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Dora Observatory near Seoul walks you through the ritual of paying for a look through the binoculars trained on North Korea, and what those scopes reveal about Kijong-dong, the town South Koreans call Propaganda Village. You'll hear what visitors and researchers have noticed about its unglazed windows and timed lights, and about loudspeakers once hidden among its buildings. A yellow line on the floor marks how close you can get with a camera.
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