Investigating the Status of Mine Hazards in North Korea Using Satellite Pictures

Sungmoon Yoon; Hangsuk Jang; Seong-Taek Yun; Duk-Min Kim

doi:10.32390/ksmer.2018.55.6.564

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Investigating the Status of Mine Hazards in North Korea Using Satellite Pictures 위성사진을 활용한 북한 지역 광산의 광해 현황 연구

31 December 2018. pp. 564-575

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Abstract

Recently, the possibility of promoting inter-Korean economic cooperation is increasing because the tension between South and North Korea is being reduced. Consequently, the interest in North Korea's mine development projects is growing as one of the aspects of inter-Korean economic cooperation. In the promotion of cooperation in mining development, mine hazard risk management should be considered. However, there is a lack of information pertaining to mine hazards in North Korea. To this end, this study was performed to determine the status of mining-related hazards in 12 mines in North Korea by using the image analysis feature of Google Earth. From the results obtained, we observed some mining-related hazards such as tailing dam failures, yellow boy phenomenon, and land subsidence.

Keywords

North Korea

Mine hazard

Image Analysis

ine development

Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation

최근 남한과 북한의 긴장완화에 따라 남북 경제협력사업 추진 가능성이 높아지고 있다. 북한의 광산 개발 사업은 남북 경협사업으로 많은 관심을 받고 있는 상황이다. 북한 광산개발 혹은 광산분야 협력사업 추진 시 광해위험관리에 대한 고려를 해야한다. 그러나, 북한의 광해실태 정보는 부족한 상황이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 구글 어스를 활용하여 북한의 12개의 대표 광산에 대하여 광해현황를 조사하였다. 구글 어스 영상 분석 결과, 북한 지역의 광물찌꺼기 적치장 붕괴, 적화현상, 지반침하 등의 광해를 확인할 수 있었다.

키워드

북한

광해

영상 분석

광산 개발

남북 경제협력

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 55
No :6
Pages :564-575
Received Date : 2018-11-26
Revised Date : 2018-12-24
Accepted Date : 2018-12-24
DOI :https://doi.org/10.32390/ksmer.2018.55.6.564

Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers ISSN:2288-0291(Print) 2288-2790(Online) 한국자원공학회지

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