Kosong bamboo
December 2, 2025The Kosong bamboo grows in the area of Kosong County, Kangwon Province.
In the late 1950s 50-odd saplings of the bamboo were planted in an area of 0.4 hectares in the locality for experimental cultivation for the first time.
The area has turned into a thick forest covering an area of 300 hectares, with over 1 600 new shoots growing every year.
The Kosong bamboo reserve designated as a natural monument covers an area of 1.1 hectares and over 3 250 bamboos grow there.
The tallest bamboo is 16 metres high, 58 centimetres round at the root collar and 55 centimetres round at the chest height. The crown is 1.8 metres wide.
The Kosong bamboo is of great academic significance in studying the distribution, ecology and cultivation of bamboo.
THE PYONGYANG TIMES