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Typhoon Observation Platform built by unparalleled Typhoon Unit on December 3rd 1991 is located on Suri ridge, the highest ridge of Mt. Biggi at Hoengsan-ri, Jung-myeon about 65km away from Seoul and about 140km away from Pyeongyang.
At first, boundary line of south and north was established at 2 km distance from Military Demarcation Line but North Korea has installed iron fence near by cease-fire line in 1968 and so South Korea also installed iron fence partially in 1978.

Accordingly, Typhoon Observation Platform became about 800m distances from cease-fire line and 1,600m distance from North Korean guard post and it became the nearest observation platform to North Korea along 155-mile cease-fire line.
Typhoon Observation Platform has churches, Catholic church, statue of Virgin Mary, Buddhist sanctum, and pavilion for bell that the soldiers can have religious assembly, monument for the people that their native place is in North Korea and monument to the memory of war record.
Also an electric bulletin board for broadcast to the north to play voices of freedom, peace and love to North Korean countrymen. Also pavilion exhibits daily commodities of northern people collected Imjingang Pilseung Bridge located 2km away from pavilion and invasion equipment that armed spies has used during their infiltration over tens of times after cease.