(3 Jun 2013)
AP Television
South Hamgyong Province, Pujon County - 28 May, 2013
1. Wide looking uphill at stone river on Mount Okryon
2. Various of stone river
3. Close of water running beneath stones, zoom in
4. Wide of forest and mist
5. Wide pan of stone river
6. Various of cloud rolling over forest
7. Wide of view from mountainside covered in cloud, pan
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ryu Jong Bae, Director, Management Office of Pujon Revolutionary Battle Sites :
"This is a witness to the earth's evolution. And today its uniqueness and strangeness make it special for tourists from around the world."
9. Wide tracking shot from car driving up track on Mount Okryon towards summit
10. Wide tracking shot from car of trees of forest on slopes of Mount Okryon
11. Wide pan of rocks on summit of Mount Okryon
12. Various rocks on summit of Mount Okryon
13. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ryu Jong Bae, Director, Management Office of Pujon Revolutionary Battle Sites
"In the future we will make Mount Okryon into a resort, which will be famous around the world, for many people to visit and enjoy their holidays. And we will do our best to make Mount Okryon beautiful. We will develop not only the main peak of Mount Okryon and the beautiful stone river, but other places which are not ready now. And also in order to make it attractive to visitors we will build places to stay. We will make Mount Okryon in Korea famous and visited by people from around the world."
14. Pan of stone river
15. Various of stone river
LEADIN
North Korea is preparing a new push to promote tourism and one of the attractions it hopes to develop is a rare natural feature in a remote corner of the socialist country.
It's known locally as "the stone river" - a cascade of thousands of giant rocks cutting a channel through the forested hillside of one of North Korea's highest mountains.
STORYLINE:
On a quiet and still mountainside in North Korea, the forest is split by a motionless torrent of rocks.
It is a spectacular sight, with only the sound of water coming from underneath the boulders.
The stone river runs for four kilometres (2.4 miles) and is up to 78 metres (255 feet) wide, according to the local authorities managing the site.
They say it is a result of freezing and thawing of rock thousands of years ago on Mount Okryon, which reaches 2164 metres (7099 feet) above sea level, and is the fifth highest peak in North Korea.
At this altitude, and close to the coast of the Korean peninsular, the weather changes quickly. Wind blows mist and clouds across the mountain, covering views of the forest and stone river.
Within minutes, a clear view disappears and all you can see is forest-coated ridges shrouded in cloud.
Not many visitors come here, but local authorities hope to encourage more.
North Korea has added its own gloss to the natural beauty of the site - it says it was a temporary home to one of the country's revolutionary heroes battling the Japanese occupation in the 1930s.
The site is therefore officially classified as "a revolutionary battle site", but that doesn't change its special natural features.
The man in charge of the area, Ryu Jong Bae, says the stone river is important evidence of the earth's development over thousands of years:
"This is a witness to the earth's evolution. And today its uniqueness and strangeness make it special for tourists from around the world."
Getting to the stone river takes more than two hours' drive over sometimes very bumpy roads from the nearest major city, Hamhung, which is 116 kilometres (72 miles) away.


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