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    Kowŏn County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It lies at the southern tip of the province. The highest point is Palbongsan. The western...
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  • Kowŏn station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Kowŏn-ŭp, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng, North Korea. It is the junction where the P'yŏngra...
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    The Kowŏn T'an'gwang Line, or Kowŏn Colliery Line, is an electrified secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Sudong District, South Hamgyŏng Province...
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    Korea's main northeast–southwest rail line. The 12.4 km (7.7 mi) section from Kowŏn to Kŭmya was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu)...
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    Wŏnsan−Kowŏn section was built as part of the Hamgyŏng Line of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu); this line ran on the routing of Wŏnsan−Kowŏn (now...
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  • Kaema Plateau Chosŏn'gŭl 개마고원 Hancha 蓋馬高原 Revised Romanization Gaema gowon McCune–Reischauer Kaema kowŏn...
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    {Transport} (Y-5/An-2) Kuktong - ?? Air Regiment {Transport} (Y-5/An-2) Kowon - Air Transport Wing (6 TD) (Z-5/Mi-4/Mi-8/Mi-17) Pakhon - Air Transport...
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    Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn - Rajin, 331.1 km, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Kangwŏn Line: Kowŏn - P'yŏnggang, 145.8 km, 1,435 mm Manp'o Line: Sunch'ŏn - Manp'o, 299.9 km...
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    Hamju County 함주군 / 咸州郡 Hochon County 허천군 / 虛川郡 Hongwon County 홍원군 / 洪原郡 Kowon County 고원군 / 高原郡 Kumya County 금야군 / 金野郡 Pujon County 부전군 / 赴戰郡 Pukchong...
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    dangerous parts of the Paechun valley, the pair reached the town of Kōgen (Kowon, currently in North Korea) where they took up jobs as construction workers...
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    were inaugurated in Ch'ŏngjin (1970), Hamhŭng (1973), Sinŭiju (1978), and Kowŏn (1979), Nampo (1982), P'yŏngsŏng (1983), Haeju (1986), Anju (1987), and...
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  • the mainstream Hamgyŏng dialect. The far southern counties of Kŭmya and Kowŏn, while within South Hamgyŏng's administrative jurisdiction, speak a dialect...
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  • August 1915, and Okp'yŏng−Kowŏn−Kŭmya on 21 July 1916. The Wŏnsan−Kowŏn section is now part of the Kangwŏn Line, while the Kowŏn−Kŭmya section is now part...
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    north Korea, it is labeled as Kowon sometimes. It was split from Kowon County in 1990. A trolleybus is said to exist for Kowon coal mine, with an unknown...
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  • Naegang-ri Kumgang-gun 표훈사 表訓寺 670 NK South Hamgyong Ryangchonsa Nakchon-ri Kowon-gun 량천사 梁泉寺 NK Kangwon Ryongchusa Mihyon-ri Anbyŏn-gun 령추사 靈鷲寺 NK South...
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    Yong-sam Sudong: Kim Jong-dok Ryongpyong: Kim Jong-sok Jangdong: Ryom Chol-su Kowon: Kim Kwang-sok Puraesan: Kim Hyon-jin Yodok: Ri Jong-hwa Kumya: Ju Hwa-suk...
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    county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It was formed from part of Kowŏn County in December 1990. Sudong is the site of a major coal seam first discovered...
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  • posited that the prisoners had been moved to a mine farther south, at the Kowon mine. Kang Chol-hwan (in Yodok 1977–1987) was imprisoned as a 9-year-old...
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    Sŏnbong (km 309.9 Hambuk Line) – Sŭngri, 4.2 km (2.6 mi) Kangwŏn Line: Kowŏn (P'yŏngra Line) – P'yŏnggang, 145.8 km (90.6 mi) Ch'ŏnnae Line: Ryongdam...
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  • P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway, and is the starting point of the Kowŏn Colliery Line. Kokubu, Hayato (2007). 将軍様の鉄道 [The Railways of the General]...
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  • Ch'ŏnt'an station is a railway station in Ch'ŏnt'al-li, Kowŏn County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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    Ch'ŏngnyŏn via the Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ichŏn Line, from Sep'o to Kowŏn via the Kangwŏn Line, and from Kowŏn to Hamhng via the P'yŏngra Line—a distance of 398.1 km...
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  • (born 1934), head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria 1966-1975 Kowon County, North Korea "Go Won", a single formally introducing the eleventh...
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  • Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Rakch'ŏn towards Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Sep'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn towards P'yŏnggang...
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  • the first recipient to be awarded Nam June Paik Art Center Prize. Born in Kowon, Hamgyeong Province in North Korea, Seung-taek Lee has had a wide range...
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    Kŭmho 15 counties (kun): Changjin, Chŏngp'yŏng, Hamju, Hŏch'ŏn, Hongwŏn, Kowŏn, Kŭmya, Pujŏn, Pukch'ŏng, Ragwŏn, Riwŏn, Sinhŭng, Tŏksŏng, Yŏnggwang, Yodŏk...
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  • was destroyed during the Korean War, but in 1958 the Ch'ŏnsŏng–Sinch'ang–Kowŏn section was re-electrified. A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates...
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  • Pyong-hu Electoral District (Changdong): Hwang Pong-chol Electoral District (Kowon): Kang Thae-sok Electoral District (Puraesan): Kim Hyon-jin Electoral District...
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  • Preceding station Korean State Railway Following station Sep'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn towards Kowŏn Kangwŏn Line Kŏmbullang towards P'yŏnggang...
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  • the city center. Smaller sub-facilities are in Chongpyong county and in Kowon county, both also in South Hamgyong province. Hamhung Pyongyang Hamhung...
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