Paektusan Secret Camp is one of North Korea’s most important revolutionary sites. Hidden within the forests, the modest cabins preserved here once formed Kim Il Sung’s headquarters as he led the guerrilla Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in the fight for liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Among the monuments, murals and relics here is the log cabin where Kim Jong Il is said to have been born on February 16, 1942. Towering above the valley you’ll also find Jong Il Peak where his name is carved.