Paektu
Proper noun
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Paektu
A mountain on the border between Jilin, China and Ryanggang, North Korea.
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Spavor is a director of Paektu Cultural Exchange, an organisation that promotes investment and tourism in North Korea.
Kune Yull Suh, a professor of nuclear engineering at Seoul National University, warned last year that further tests could threaten to cause a volcanic eruption at Mount Paektu, which is about 60 miles away.
Sitting about 120km from where the test was carried outMount Paektu is an active volcano that last erupted in 1903.
On Monday, Kim visited Samjiyon county at the foot of Mount Paektu to attend a ceremony marking the completion of work that has transformed the town to 'an epitome of modern civilization,' KCNA said.
The highest mountain in Korea is Mount Paektu or Paektusan (2,744 m), through which runs the border with China.