Heaven Lake, North Korea
- by Minghua Wang
- 2017-12-25
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The caldera which contains Heaven Lake was created by a major eruption in 969 AD.
Heaven Lake has been a sacred place in Korean history.
Heaven belonged to China. But China government gave half of it to North Korea in 1962.
North Korean propaganda claims that Kim Jong-il was born near the lake on the mountain.
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