Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling ... Kim Jong Un has often visited the sacred mountain, usually before major shakeups — like the 2013 execution of his uncle and the 2016 nuclear ...

A sacred North Korean mountain was recently recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark, the first time a natural site in the country has been included on the list. Mount Paektu, an active volcano and ...

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Kailash is not only a holy religious place for the Hindus, but Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs also consider the place sacred. Mount Kailash, which is called the gate of heaven, has many such ...

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...