Visitors to the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea will soon be able to get a better view into North Korea.

The Dora Observatory, South Korea.
The Dora Observatory, South Korea.

The popular Dora Observatory, which offers views of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea from telescopes, will be moved to a new location to accommodate the 800,000 visitors it receives each year. The current observatory, which was built in 1986, will be replaced by a 3000-square-metre facility slightly northeast of the current location. Construction on the new facility is due to start this summer and it will open in 2017.

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