NKDB North Korean Human Rights Exhibition Hall (북한인권전시실)

The NKDB North Korean Human Rights Exhibition Hall is a permanent exhibition space dedicated to North Korean human rights. Although it is a small space, it resonates deeply and serves as a “dark tourism” site that records and testifies to the ongoing reality of human rights violations in North Korea. The North Korean Human Rights Information Center (NKDB), which operates this exhibition hall, is the organization that collects and archives the most extensive records of human rights concerning North Korean residents in the world. The testimonies and records presented here represent a living history, a story unfolding in the present, unavailable elsewhere. Through donated North Korean artifacts, including these records, visitors can glimpse the present-day North Korea and encounter artwork by North Korean defectors.

– Address : 393 Samil-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul

※ Presentation Information
– Information and Guides
+82-2-723-6045

– Parking
Not available

– Day Off
Public holidays & days designated by the administrator

– Usage Fee
Free
* Group visits must inquire in advance

– Operating Hours
10:00-18:00

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Yangyeon Hwaro (양연화로)

– Homepage
https://www.instagram.com/yangyeon.jongro/

– Tel
+82-2-3210-0808

Yangyeon Hwaro is located in Jongno and is renowned for offering the essence of Korean-style barbecue. Its signature dish is the aged pork belly, grilled over charcoal, bursting with charcoal aroma and juiciness. Additionally, the menu includes various cuts of pork such as shoulder, thin skirt, and pork neck, as well as beef options like boneless short ribs and beef tartare. The staff personally grill the meat for the customers.

⊙ Kumkang Land Rover – Jongno Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (CL종로지점(금강 랜드로바))

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⊙ Olive Young – Jongno Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 종로점)

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⊙ Sonjung Bossam (손정보쌈)

Sonjung Bossam offers dishes with a modern touch by reinterpreting traditional meals. Passed down for three generations, this restaurant values sincerity and careful attention in food making in order to serve every customer a heartwarming meal. Sonjung Bossam’s signature dish Premium Gabri Bossam takes only the rarest pork cut, the blade-end fatback called “gabri” in Korean, and boils the meat using the restaurant’s secret recipe for tender, juicy meat. The restaurant also serves their own special version of spicy stir-fried fish roe and intestines and haemultang (spicy seafood stew), boasting a generous amount of various seafood and rich broth. All meals are prepared wholeheartedly as if they are being served to a family.

⊙ Jongno 3 (sam)-ga Pocha Street (종로3가 포장마차 거리)

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It is one of Seoul’s representative Pocha Streets boasting history and tradition. When you come out of Jongno 3-ga Station, exit 6 (toward the Nakwon Music Mall), you will find a lot of food stalls with a crowded atmosphere. There are vinyl covered areas and open areas, so you can choose according to your taste. It is a heaven for snacks such as Chicken feet, Octopus, Udon Kimchi Pancakes, and Rolled Omelet.

⊙ Olive Young – Jongno YBM Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 종로YBM)

– Homepage
www.o1iveyoung.co.kr

⊙ Jjamppong Zizon Jongno (짬뽕지존 종로)

– Tel
+82-2-725-5161

Jjamppong Zizon is a Chinese restaurant located near Cheonggyecheon Stream. Their signature dish, zizon jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup), combines fresh seafood with a spicy broth enhanced with smoky flavors. They also offer zizon jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles). For those craving extra heat, there are options like jiok jjamppong (extra spicy seafood noodle soup) and jiok jjajang (spicy black bean sauce noodles). Additionally, they serve chapssal tangsuyuk (deep-fried pork in sweet rice batter with sweet and sour sauce), coating pork in chewy sweet rice batter.

⊙ Jogui Hansu (족의한수)

– Tel
+82-2-2261-0310

A pig’s trotter(s) specialty restaurant located in Jongno, Seoul. This restaurant’s signature menu is braised pigs’ feet. A restaurant serving both charcoal-grilled jokbal (pig’s trotter) and spicy jokbal.

⊙ Tapgol Park (탑골공원)

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– Tel
+82-2-731-0534

Tapgol Park is the first modern park in Seoul. Having been the site of the Buddhist temple of Wongaksa Temple since 1467, the land was turned into a park in 1897. The park has a significant presence in Korean history, being the place where the March 1 Independence Movement began in 1919. One can find historical sites that hearken back to the struggle, such as the Palgakjeong Pavilion, the center of the movement; cultural heritage sites such as the Ten-story Stone Pagoda of Wongaksa Temple Site and the Stele for the Construction of Daewongaksa Temple at Wongaksa Temple Site; and monuments such as the independence movement relief plate, murals, the statue of Son Byeong-hee, and the statue of Han Yong-un.

NKDB North Korean Human Rights Exhibition Hall (북한인권전시실)