Kumgangsan Ananti Golf Course

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Location:
Kumgangsan Ananti Golf Course,
Changjon,
Kangwon,
P677+4FP,
KP
(GPS):
Holes:
18
Established:
2008
Access:
Closed
Courses Nearby:
Jade Palace Golf Club
Whistling Rock Country Club - The Cloud Course
Whistling Rock Country Club - The Temple & Cocoon Course
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This is the site of a former golf resort in the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region of North Korea.

Just ten miles north of the inter-Korean border, a luxury golf resort developed by a well-known South Korean hotel brand is slowly decaying in the North Korean resort town of Mount Kumgang.

The Ananti Golf and Spa Resort cost a hefty $75 million and opened in May 2008, but was unlucky enough to be born in the twilight of inter-Korean cooperation’s so-called Sunshine era.

Less than six weeks after opening for business, the resort abruptly shut down in July 2008. A North Korean soldier had killed a South Korean tourist who was walking in a nearby prohibited area, resulting in a rapid withdrawal of all South Korean nationals in the region.

While the inter-Korean tourism industry has been dead ever since, the luxury golf resort continued to live on in a state of quasi-limbo: Signs of maintenance prevail and the courses remain clearly visible in 2020 satellite imagery. Unlike other facilities in Kumgang, the resort was also never repurposed — meaning it has gone unused for more than 12 years now.

Via NK News