Flood control dam on inter-Korean river

21 July 2026, South Korea, Gunnam Dam: Water gushes out of the floodgates of the Gunnam Dam on the Imjin River that runs across the inter-Korean border in the South Korean border town of Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, on July 21, 2026. The state-run Korea Water Resources Corp. opened all of the dam's seven floodgates to lower the water level following North Korea's release of water from the Hwanggang Dam leer más on the river's upper reaches. The dam, opened in 2010, was designed to deal with flash floods from North Korea. Photo: -/YNA/dpa leer menos