List of tunnels in North Korea

This page is a list of tunnels in North Korea.

Rail

=Mass transit=

=[[Korean State Railway]]=

Saenggiryong Railway Tunnel{{cite web|title= 38 NORTH DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS|url= https://38northdigitalatlas.org/|access-date= 14 September 2022}}

Road

=[[Pyongyang–Wonsan Tourist Motorway]]=

Tunnels from Pyongyang to Wonsan in order:{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tQ0UQIBPTA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706041825/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tQ0UQIBPTA&feature=youtu.be|archive-date=6 July 2022|url-status=bot: unknown|title=The Darkest Tunnel in North Korea|author=Jaka Parker|via=YouTube|date=9 October 2021|access-date=14 September 2022}}

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English Name ! Korean Name ! Length (굴길이) ! Complete ! Notes
Suan tunnel \| 수안굴 \| 300m? \| 9 September 1978 \|
Kyŏngsu tunnel \| 경수굴 \| 107m? \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= North Korea trip from Pyongyang to Mount Kumgang\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrenceyeah/15746524812\|access-date= 15 September 2022\|via=Flickr}}
Kwanmun tunnel \| 관문굴 \| 306m? \| 9 September 1978 \|
Kumsudong tunnel \| 금수동굴 \| 477m? \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= 강원도 원산시 자연\|website=cybernk.net\|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A33002303890&direct=1\|access-date= 16 September 2022}}
Sinphyŏng tunnel \| 신평굴 \| 283m? \| 9 September 1978 \| Missing from the video.
Munbawi tunnel \| 문바위굴 \| 62.5m? \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= Munbawi Tunnel, seen from the west\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/2761885497\|access-date= 15 September 2022\|via=Flickr}}
Ŭndŏk tunnel \| 은덕굴 \| 85m \| 9 September 1978 \|
Sogwang tunnel \| 서광굴 \| 49m \| 9 September 1978 \|
Kwangmyŏng tunnel \| 광명굴 \| 194m \| 9 September 1978 \|
Ryomyong tunnel \| 려명굴 \| 44m{{cite web\|title= 5 Reasons to visit Mt. Kumgang\|url= https://www.youngpioneertours.com/5-reasons-to-visit-mt-kumgang/\|access-date= 15 September 2022}} \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= Ryomyong Tunnel, Pyongyang-Wonsan motorway (1)\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/2743838366\|access-date= 15 September 2022\|via=Flickr}}
Mannyŏn tunnel \| 만년굴 \| 212m \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= 강원도 원산시 자연\|website=cybernk.net\|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A33002303891&direct=1\|access-date= 16 September 2022}}
Ponghwa tunnel \| 봉화굴 \| 40m \| 9 September 1978 \|
Sol Jaeryŏng tunnel \| 솔재령굴 \| \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= 1970년대 토론토에서 북미이산가족찾기운동 시작\|url= https://www.worldkorean.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=37403\|access-date= 16 September 2022}}
Pŏptong tunnel \| 법동굴{{cite web\|title= On the road back from Hamhung\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/26781577@N07/14989108314\|access-date= 15 September 2022\|via=Flickr}} \| 253m? \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= 법동군 법동굴\|website=cybernk.net\|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A20502304346&direct=1\|access-date= 16 September 2022}}
Chungsŏng tunnel \| 충성굴 \| 1229m? \| 9 September 1978 \|
Sangryŏng tunnel \| 상령굴 \| 671m? \| 9 September 1978 \|
Kamdun tunnel \| 감둔굴 \| 310m? \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= How is Life in North Korea? Traveling and Living Conditions in the Hermit Kingdom\|url= https://skmlifestyle.com/destinations/north-korea-safe-travel-guide-and-reviews/how-is-life-in-north-korea-traveling-and-living-conditions-in-the-hermit-kingdom/\|access-date= 15 September 2022}}
Majŏn tunnel \| 마전굴 \| \| 9 September 1978 \|
Tochan tunnel \| 도찬굴 \| 482m? \| 9 September 1978 \|
Mujigae (Rainbow) tunnel \| 무지개동굴 \| 4135m? \| 9 September 1978 \| {{cite web\|title= The Road From Pyongyang to Wonsan (Part 2)\|url= https://koryogroup.com/travel-guide/the-road-from-pyongyang-to-wonsan-part-2-north-korea-travel-guide\|access-date= 15 September 2022}}{{cite web\|title= 북한 무지개 동굴\|url= https://www.unityinfo.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=32713\|access-date= 16 September 2022}}

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English Name

! Korean Name

! Length (굴길이)

! Complete

! Notes

Suan tunnel

| 수안굴

| 300m?

| 9 September 1978

Kyŏngsu tunnel

| 경수굴

| 107m?

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= North Korea trip from Pyongyang to Mount Kumgang|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrenceyeah/15746524812|access-date= 15 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

Kwanmun tunnel

| 관문굴

| 306m?

| 9 September 1978

Kumsudong tunnel

| 금수동굴

| 477m?

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= 강원도 원산시 자연|website=cybernk.net|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A33002303890&direct=1|access-date= 16 September 2022}}

Sinphyŏng tunnel

| 신평굴

| 283m?

| 9 September 1978

| Missing from the video.

Munbawi tunnel

| 문바위굴

| 62.5m?

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= Munbawi Tunnel, seen from the west|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/2761885497|access-date= 15 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

Ŭndŏk tunnel

| 은덕굴

| 85m

| 9 September 1978

Sogwang tunnel

| 서광굴

| 49m

| 9 September 1978

Kwangmyŏng tunnel

| 광명굴

| 194m

| 9 September 1978

Ryomyong tunnel

| 려명굴

| 44m{{cite web|title= 5 Reasons to visit Mt. Kumgang|url= https://www.youngpioneertours.com/5-reasons-to-visit-mt-kumgang/|access-date= 15 September 2022}}

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= Ryomyong Tunnel, Pyongyang-Wonsan motorway (1)|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/2743838366|access-date= 15 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

Mannyŏn tunnel

| 만년굴

| 212m

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= 강원도 원산시 자연|website=cybernk.net|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A33002303891&direct=1|access-date= 16 September 2022}}

Ponghwa tunnel

| 봉화굴

| 40m

| 9 September 1978

Sol Jaeryŏng tunnel

| 솔재령굴

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= 1970년대 토론토에서 북미이산가족찾기운동 시작|url= https://www.worldkorean.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=37403|access-date= 16 September 2022}}

Pŏptong tunnel

| 법동굴{{cite web|title= On the road back from Hamhung|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/26781577@N07/14989108314|access-date= 15 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

| 253m?

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= 법동군 법동굴|website=cybernk.net|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A20502304346&direct=1|access-date= 16 September 2022}}

Chungsŏng tunnel

| 충성굴

| 1229m?

| 9 September 1978

Sangryŏng tunnel

| 상령굴

| 671m?

| 9 September 1978

Kamdun tunnel

| 감둔굴

| 310m?

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= How is Life in North Korea? Traveling and Living Conditions in the Hermit Kingdom|url= https://skmlifestyle.com/destinations/north-korea-safe-travel-guide-and-reviews/how-is-life-in-north-korea-traveling-and-living-conditions-in-the-hermit-kingdom/|access-date= 15 September 2022}}

Majŏn tunnel

| 마전굴

| 9 September 1978

Tochan tunnel

| 도찬굴

| 482m?

| 9 September 1978

Mujigae (Rainbow) tunnel

| 무지개동굴

| 4135m?

| 9 September 1978

| {{cite web|title= The Road From Pyongyang to Wonsan (Part 2)|url= https://koryogroup.com/travel-guide/the-road-from-pyongyang-to-wonsan-part-2-north-korea-travel-guide|access-date= 15 September 2022}}{{cite web|title= 북한 무지개 동굴|url= https://www.unityinfo.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=32713|access-date= 16 September 2022}}

=[[Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway]]=

File:Pyongyang-Kaesong motorway 06.JPG]]

Tunnels from Pyongyang to Kaesong, in order:

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English Name ! Korean Name ! Length ! Notes
Jangchŏn tunnel \| 장천굴 \| \| {{cite web\|title= 사진으로 본 2019년 북한의 이모저모 4-1편, 평양 ~ 개성\|url= http://www.shinmoongo.net/128234?fbclid=IwAR2voszkLvPHNdEuYYT5JFooI64beQgaZPfXjAVWr7yGNecZ0expQSVVng4\|access-date= 14 September 2022}}
Taedong tunnel \| 대동굴 \| \| {{cite web\|title= 사진으로 본 2019년 북한의 이모저모 4-1편, 평양 ~ 개성\|url= http://www.shinmoongo.net/128234?fbclid=IwAR2voszkLvPHNdEuYYT5JFooI64beQgaZPfXjAVWr7yGNecZ0expQSVVng4\|access-date= 14 September 2022}}
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Kachang tunnel \| 가창굴 \| 305m \| {{cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbwk8nzBmUs?&t=104s \|title=On the Road in North Korea (2)\|author=ostgeschichte\|via=YouTube\|date=20 October 2011\|access-date=17 September 2022}}
Yangam tunnel \| 양암굴 \| \|
Chunghol tunnel \| 충홀굴 \| \|
Sŏbong tunnel \| 서봉굴 \| 306m{{cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-z8StaGW6w?&t=100s \|title=NORTH KOREA - TRAVELLING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE\|author=mucuva\|via=YouTube\|date=12 November 2021\|access-date=17 September 2022}} \|
Mŭlam tunnel \| 믈암굴 \| 300m{{cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-z8StaGW6w?&t=112s \|title=NORTH KOREA - TRAVELLING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE\|author=mucuva\|via=YouTube\|date=12 November 2021\|access-date=17 September 2022}} \|
Samryong tunnel \| 삼룡굴 \| \| Same name as a nearby town.{{cite web\|title= 38 NORTH DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS\|url= https://38northdigitalatlas.org/\|access-date= 17 September 2022}}
Puhŭng tunnel \| 부흥굴 \| \| {{cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdtW0wxOlUQ&t=161s \|title=Driving Through North Korean Tunnels\|author=Erick Tseng\|via=YouTube\|date=20 September 2015\|access-date=14 September 2022}}
Jupo tunnel \| 주포굴 \| \| {{cite AV media \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdtW0wxOlUQ&t=41s \|title=Driving Through North Korean Tunnels\|author=Erick Tseng\|via=YouTube\|date=20 September 2015\|access-date=14 September 2022}}
Ryonggung tunnel \| 룡궁굴{{cite web\|title= North Korea Day 2 665CP3_Tunnel\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/kansai/52193454948/\|access-date= 14 September 2022\|via=Flickr}} \| \| Likely name and location based on a nearby town.{{cite web\|title= 38 NORTH DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS\|url= https://38northdigitalatlas.org/\|access-date= 17 September 2022}}
Okchŏn tunnel \| 옥천굴 \| \| {{cite web\|title= 2014 Oct North Korea trip DPRK (922)\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrenceyeah/15109453134\|access-date= 17 September 2022\|via=Flickr}}
Ryesŏng tunnel \| 례성굴 \| \|
Kyeryŏng tunnel \| 계령굴 \| \| {{cite web\|title= 15-10-27 010 Pyongyang - Kaesong Highway south end of road tunnel & bridge east of Gyejeong\|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/66909823@N06/24745848209/\|access-date= 14 September 2022\|via=Flickr}}
Samgŏ tunnel \| 삼거굴 \| \|
Hongil tunnel \| 홍일굴 \| 345m \| {{cite web\|title= 정원식 국무총리 제8차 남북고위급회담 대표 수행원(고속도로)\|url= https://www.ehistory.go.kr/page/view/photo.jsp?photo_PhotoID=16886&photo_PhotoSrcGBN=PT\|access-date= 14 September 2022}}

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English Name

! Korean Name

! Length

! Notes

Jangchŏn tunnel

| 장천굴

| {{cite web|title= 사진으로 본 2019년 북한의 이모저모 4-1편, 평양 ~ 개성|url= http://www.shinmoongo.net/128234?fbclid=IwAR2voszkLvPHNdEuYYT5JFooI64beQgaZPfXjAVWr7yGNecZ0expQSVVng4|access-date= 14 September 2022}}

Taedong tunnel

| 대동굴

Kachang tunnel

| 가창굴

| 305m

| {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbwk8nzBmUs?&t=104s |title=On the Road in North Korea (2)|author=ostgeschichte|via=YouTube|date=20 October 2011|access-date=17 September 2022}}

Yangam tunnel

| 양암굴

Chunghol tunnel

| 충홀굴

Sŏbong tunnel

| 서봉굴

| 306m{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-z8StaGW6w?&t=100s |title=NORTH KOREA - TRAVELLING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE|author=mucuva|via=YouTube|date=12 November 2021|access-date=17 September 2022}}

Mŭlam tunnel

| 믈암굴

| 300m{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-z8StaGW6w?&t=112s |title=NORTH KOREA - TRAVELLING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE|author=mucuva|via=YouTube|date=12 November 2021|access-date=17 September 2022}}

Samryong tunnel

| 삼룡굴

| Same name as a nearby town.{{cite web|title= 38 NORTH DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS|url= https://38northdigitalatlas.org/|access-date= 17 September 2022}}

Puhŭng tunnel

| 부흥굴

| {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdtW0wxOlUQ&t=161s |title=Driving Through North Korean Tunnels|author=Erick Tseng|via=YouTube|date=20 September 2015|access-date=14 September 2022}}

Jupo tunnel

| 주포굴

| {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdtW0wxOlUQ&t=41s |title=Driving Through North Korean Tunnels|author=Erick Tseng|via=YouTube|date=20 September 2015|access-date=14 September 2022}}

Ryonggung tunnel

| 룡궁굴{{cite web|title= North Korea Day 2 665CP3_Tunnel|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/kansai/52193454948/|access-date= 14 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

| Likely name and location based on a nearby town.{{cite web|title= 38 NORTH DPRK DIGITAL ATLAS|url= https://38northdigitalatlas.org/|access-date= 17 September 2022}}

Okchŏn tunnel

| 옥천굴

| {{cite web|title= 2014 Oct North Korea trip DPRK (922)|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrenceyeah/15109453134|access-date= 17 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

Ryesŏng tunnel

| 례성굴

Kyeryŏng tunnel

| 계령굴

| {{cite web|title= 15-10-27 010 Pyongyang - Kaesong Highway south end of road tunnel & bridge east of Gyejeong|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/66909823@N06/24745848209/|access-date= 14 September 2022|via=Flickr}}

Samgŏ tunnel

| 삼거굴

Hongil tunnel

| 홍일굴

| 345m

| {{cite web|title= 정원식 국무총리 제8차 남북고위급회담 대표 수행원(고속도로)|url= https://www.ehistory.go.kr/page/view/photo.jsp?photo_PhotoID=16886&photo_PhotoSrcGBN=PT|access-date= 14 September 2022}}

= [[Pyongyang–Huichon Motorway]] =

There are two tunnels near Kaechon.

The eastern tunnel is the 2nd Sŏhwa tunnel (서화2굴),{{cite web|title= 평안북도 교통|url= http://cybernk.net/infoText/InfoAdminstList.aspx?mc=AD0104&direct=1&ac=A03|access-date= 14 September 2022}} whose length is 417m.{{cite web|title= Tunnels autoroutiers nord-coréens|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/8pl/50266091372/|access-date= 15 September 2022|via=Flickr}}
The western tunnel is therefore perhaps the 1st Sŏhwa tunnel (서화1굴).

= [[Pyongyang–Kangdong Motorway]] =

There is a tunnel and depressed section of the road in Songmun.
An unused tunnel under the Taedong river, being bypassed by the Taedong River Bridge.

=[[Pyongyang]]=

File:Pyongyang, North Korea - panoramio (37).jpg, North Korea]]

There are three Geumneung tunnels, one on the Chongryu Bridge, one on the Rungra Bridge, and one by the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

금릉동굴/금릉1호동굴 Rungra Bridge Geumneung tunnel with eastern{{cite web|title= 중구역 금릉1동굴 명판|website=cybernk.net|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A33002310065&direct=1|access-date= 16 September 2022}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6scpLi4jNqE&t=439s |title=Cycling in Pyongyang - North Korea - GoPro - Part 2-5|author=Jaka Parker|via=YouTube|date=21 December 2015|access-date=14 September 2022}} and western{{cite web|title= 경상동 금릉동굴 입구 |website=cybernk.net|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A20502100785&direct=1|access-date= 16 September 2022}} portals.
금릉동굴/금릉2호동굴 Chongryu Bridge Geumneung tunnel{{cite web|title= 대성구역 금릉2호동굴 |website=cybernk.net|url= http://cybernk.net/common/ImgPopup2.aspx?iid=A20502100454&direct=1|access-date= 16 September 2022}}
금릉동굴 Kumsusan Palace Geumneung tunnel{{cite web|title= 15-10-25 049 Pyongyang road tunnel near Kim Il-sung Mausoleum|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/66909823@N06/25085245876/|access-date= 15 September 2022|via=Flickr}}
마람굴 Maram tunnel (road to Pyongsong){{cite web |url= https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/722874916 |title= Way: 마람굴 |access-date= 14 September 2022}}

Incursion tunnels to South Korea

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Image ! English Name ! Korean Name ! Discovered ! Notes
\| First Infiltration Tunnel \| 제1땅굴 \| 20 November 1974 \|
\| Second Infiltration Tunnel \| 제2땅굴 \| 19 March 1975 \|
150px \| Third Tunnel of Aggression \| 제3땅굴 \| 17 October 1978 \|
150px \| Fourth Infiltration Tunnel \| 第4땅굴 \| 3 March 1990 \|

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Image

! English Name

! Korean Name

! Discovered

! Notes

| First Infiltration Tunnel

| 제1땅굴

| 20 November 1974

| Second Infiltration Tunnel

| 제2땅굴

| 19 March 1975