'Assassins': What is the Baekdu Bloodline? How Kim dynasty borrowed from Christianity to legitimize their rule
Copy to Clipboard Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il, and North Korean army officers (Getty Images) In some cultures, geographical locations play an important role in their mythologies and it is no different for the Koreans. The Baekdu Mountain (also spelled Paektu) is located on the border between North Korea and China (where it is called the Changhai Mountain). The mountain is nothing but an active stratovolcano (one that is shaped like a cone) and is the highest mountain in the Changbai and Baekdudaegan ranges. However, for Koreans, from both North and South Korea, the mountain possesses a mythical ...
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