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    Kilju, sometimes romanized as Kilchu, is a county in North Hamgyong province, North Korea. The county seat is Kilju Town. The area around Kilju was part...
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    P'unggye-ri is a village located in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The Punggye Station serves the village. The Punggye-ri Nuclear...
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  • Hamgyong Mountains. It is located on the border between Kilju County, Myŏnggan County and Orang County. Political prisoners were reportedly forced to dig tunnels...
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    (양도; 洋島) (Kilju County) K'ŭnsŏm (큰섬 Keunseom) (Rason Special City) Maegido (매기도; 每基島) (Kyŏngwŏn County) Ryudado (류다도; 柳多島) (Kyŏngwŏn County) Pansŏng Archipelago...
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    Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Kilju-ŭp, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is the junction point of the Paektusan...
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  • Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County, an underground nuclear test was carried out. The United States...
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    representative. North Hamgyong is divided into three cities (si) and 12 counties (kun). These are further divided into villages (ri) in rural areas and...
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  • Paek Nam-sun (category People from Kilju County)
    Koreans to frequently be in the international spotlight. Paek was born in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province. Paek graduated from Kim Il Sung University...
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    Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County. North Korea's previous nuclear test was conducted 8 months earlier...
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    41.343°N 129.036°E / 41.343; 129.036 Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County Period 12:00:01, 3 September 2017 (2017-09-03T12:00:01) UTC+08:30 (03:30:01...
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    has three visible tunnel entrances. It is in mountainous terrain in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, about 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Mantapsan, 2 km...
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    Commission, near the site of previous nuclear tests at Mantapsan in Kilju County. A large tremor, first estimated at magnitude of 4.9, was detected in...
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    test, like the 2006 test, is believed to have occurred at Mantapsan, Kilju County, in the north-eastern part of North Korea. This was found by an earthquake...
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    Information Country North Korea Test site Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County Period 10:35:28 KST, October 9, 2006 Number of tests 1 Test type Unknown...
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  • Ho Sun-hui (category People from Kilju County)
    Ho Sun-hui (born 5 March 1980) is a female North Korean former football midfielder and now a referee. She was part of the North Korea women's national...
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  • Sŏnghu station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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    counties (kun): Myonggan County Hwadae County Kilju County Kyongsong County Musan County Myongchon County Onsong County Orang County Puryong County Kyongwon...
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    41.306°N 129.029°E / 41.306; 129.029, Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County. Period 09:54:43, 25 May 2009 (2009-05-25T09:54:43) KST Number of tests...
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  • county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu...
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  • immigrated to Liaoyang. Then, Ja Hong seon (Hanja: 慈弘善) immigrated to Kilju County with his sons named Ja Gyeong bo (Hanja: 慈慶輔), Ja Sun jik (Hanja: 慈順直)...
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  • Chaedŏk station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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  • Sŏngdŏk station is a railway station in Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway...
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    Hamgyong Province) led by General Yi Si-ae, a member of Yangban landowners in Kilju, Hamgil Province, to rebel against the centralized policy of King Sejo....
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  • county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu...
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  • county, Ryanggang province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu...
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  • Thumbnail for Japan–North Korea Pyongyang Declaration
    Korean government with an approximate earthquake magnitude of 4.5 in Kilju County. Later, American President Barack Obama declared that North Korea is...
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  • of the Korean State Railway in Kilju, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The station, along with the rest of the Kilju–Hapsu section, was opened by the...
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  • P'unggye station is a railway station in P'unggye-ri, Kilju county, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea, on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean...
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    standard-gauge secondary mainline of the Korean State Railway running from Kilju on the P'yŏngra Line to Hyesan on the Pukbunaeryuk Line; it connects to...
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  • October 2006 an underground nuclear test was conducted at P'unggyeri in Kilju County, causing the closure of the line for 3-4 months. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道...
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