Yangdok Hot Springs DPRK
- Location
- Yangdok, South Pyongan, North Korea
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 42 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Yangdok Hot Springs is located in Yangdok County, South Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in the mountainous interior of the Korean Peninsula, historically one of the most prestigious recreational destinations in North Korea used as a rest and recuperation facility for the country's ruling elite. The chloride-rich thermal waters are extracted from deep geological formations and used in pools and bathing facilities as part of a modern complex significantly expanded under Kim Jong Un's leadership as part of a broader programme of leisure infrastructure development. Yangdok's thermal resort, set amid the rugged mountain scenery of the Korean interior, offers a rare window into leisure culture and wellness traditions in one of the world's most secretive and geographically isolated nations.