South Pyongan Province (Korean: 평안남도; MR: Phyŏngannamdo; IPA: [pʰjʌŋanːamdo]) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern...
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Pyongan Province (Korean: 평안도; Hanja: 平安道; IPA: [pʰjʌŋando]) was one of Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Pyongan was located in the...
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North Pyongan Province (also spelled North P'yŏngan; Korean: 평안북도; MR: Phyŏnganbukto; IPA: [pʰjʌŋanbuk̚t͈o]) is a western province of North Korea. The...
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Anju-si (Korean pronunciation: [an.dzu]) is a city in the South P'yŏngan province of North Korea. Its population was 240,117 in 2008. The Ch'ongch'on...
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Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces (redirect from South Pyeongan Province (Republic of Korea))
present) South Pyeongan Province or Pyeongannam-do (Korean pronunciation: [pʰjʌŋannamdo]) corresponds to North Korea's South Pyongan Province, Pyongyang...
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Songam Cavern (category South Pyongan)
stalactites and stalagmites. The cavern is located in Kaech'ŏn-si, South Pyongan Province. Among the 70 scenic sites within the caverns are the flower gate...
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Hanja: 金輔鉉; 3 October 1871 – 2 September 1955) was a farmer from South Pyongan Province. He was the paternal grandfather of the founder of North Korea,...
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In Korea, the murals of the Goguryeo tombs found at Uhyon-ni in South Pyongan province features the Azure Dragon and the other mythological creatures of...
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provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was formed in 1949...
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Kang Pan Sok (category People from South Pyongan Province)
Kang Pan Sok (Korean: 강반석; MR: Kang Pansŏk; 21 April 1892 – 31 July 1932) was the mother of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandmother of...
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Kim Song-ae (category People from South Pyongan Province)
until his death in 1994. Born Kim Sŏngp'al on 29 December 1924 in South Pyongan Province, Kim Song-ae began her career as a clerical worker in the Ministry...
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Ŭnsan County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. The name Unsan is proposed to have been derived from either the Chinese character...
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Ri Jong-yol (category People from South Pyongan Province)
after receiving South Korean citizenship. Ri Jong-yol was born in 1998 to an academic family in Pyongsong in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. A child...
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Provinces of North Korea (redirect from Province of North Korea)
Korea: Chagang, North Hamgyong, South Hamgyong, North Hwanghae, South Hwanghae, Kangwon, North Pyongan, South Pyongan, and Ryanggang. Although the details...
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Pyongsong (category Cities in South Pyongan)
officially Phyongsong) is a city in North Korea, the capital city of South Pyongan province in western North Korea. The city is located about 32 kilometres...
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Cheonchu(天秋) and Mansei(萬歲) in the ancient Dukheungri tombs in Nampo, South Pyongan Province in 1976, they are a symbol of longevity, known to live for a thousand...
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the fall of 248 after 22 years of rule. His tomb is said to be in South Pyongan Province near Pyongyang, North Korea. He is said to have been so loved that...
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Ahn Chang Ho (category People from South Pyongan Province)
November 1878 in Kangso County, Pyeongan Province, Joseon (present-day South Pyongan, North Korea). He was the third son of father An Hŭng-kuk, and mother...
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Nampo (category Cities in South Pyongan)
to South Pyongan Province. For some time after this, Chollima-guyok, Kangso-guyok and Taean-guyok districts became counties (gun) of South Pyongan Province...
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the northeast, Kangwon to the south, and South Pyongan to the west. To the east of the province is the Sea of Japan. South Hamgyong is divided into three...
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Hwang Jang-yop (category People from South Pyongan Province)
born in Kangdong, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in South Pyongan Province, North Korea). He graduated from the Pyongyang Commercial School...
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Sunchon (redirect from Sunchon, South Pyongan)
Sunch'ŏn (Korean pronunciation: [sun.tsʰʌn]) is a city in South Pyongan province, North Korea. It has a population of 297,317, and is home to various manufacturing...
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Sinanju (category South Pyongan)
Sinanju is a region (신안주) in Anju city, South Pyongan Province, North Korea. The name literally means "Comfortable New Village." When Anju County was raised...
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cities, counties, workers' districts, districts, and wards, organized by province or directly governed city. 18 wards (guyok): Chung, Hwasong-guyok, Pyongchon...
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Lee Jung-seob (category People from South Pyongan Province)
rule, Lee was born into an affluent family in Pyongwon County, South Pyongan Province in present-day North Korea. His family owned an extensive area of...
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8직동청년탄광) is a coal mine in North Korea. The mine is located in South Pyongan Province. It is part of the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex. The mine...
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U Tong-chuk (category People from South Pyongan Province)
U Tong-chuk or Woo Dong-cheuk (born August 8, 1942) is a North Korean official. He was a politburo member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party...
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Shin Dong-hyuk (category People from South Pyongan Province)
Soksan-ri, Pukchang, South Pyongan Province (평안남도 북창군 석산리) and later moved into Pongchang-ri, Pukchang, South Pyongan Province (평안남도 북창군 봉창리). He had...
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Yi Si-yeong (category Vice presidents of South Korea)
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, he had served for Joseon as the Governor of South Pyongan Province and the President of Hansung Law Court. Gamseemanuh (감시만어; 感時漫語)...
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Battle of Wawon (category History of South Pyongan Province)
misunderstanding of the IX Corps' instructions. On 26 November 1950, a column 200 South Korean soldiers of the ROK 6th and 7th Infantry Divisions fleeing from Tokchon...
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