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Jangyeon
Changyŏn County is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. Geography Changyŏn is bordered to the north by Kwail and Songhwa, to the east by Samch'ŏn and T'aet'an, to the south by Ryongyŏn, and to the west by the Yellow Sea. Most of the land in Changyŏn is composed of flat plains, with mountains forming its borders. The highest point is Mt. Pult'a, at . History Changyŏn county was created under the Yi dynasty. Chaeryŏng was briefly merged into the newly formed Hwanghae District in 1895 during an experimental redistricting, but was restored to its previous form in 1896. The county's current form was settled in the 1952 redistricting changes, when the entire south of the county was split away to form Ryongyŏn county. In 1956 it became part of South Hwanghae Province when the former Hwanghae Province was split. Transportation The county is served by the Changyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway, which stops at Ragyŏn and Changyŏn stations. There is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changyon Line
The Changyŏn Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway running from Sugyo on the Ŭnnyul Line to Changyŏn, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.Kokubu, Hayato (2007), , Shinchosha, Tokyo, History This line was originally opened on 21 January 1937 as part of the Chosen Railway's narrow gauge Hwanghae Line network, as an extension to the Sariwŏn—Sanghae (renamed Samgang after nationalisation)— Sugyo line. The entirety of the Hwanghae Line network was nationalised on 1 April 1944 and absorbed by the Chosen Government Railway, which then split the Hwanghae Line network into separate lines, with the Sariwon—Sugyo—Changyŏn line becoming the Changyŏn Line. (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944 After the end of the Pacific War, the Changyŏn Line ended up in North Korea as a result of the subsequent partition of Korea. After the end of the Korean War , date = {{U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Second-level Administrative Divisions Of North Korea
This is a list of all second-level administrative divisions of North Korea, including ''cities'', ''counties'', ''workers' districts'', ''districts'', and ''wards'', organized by province or directly governed city. Pyongyang Directly Governed City * 18 wards (guyok): Chung, Pyongchon, Potonggang, Moranbong, Sosong, Songyo, Tongdaewon, Taedonggang, Sadong, Taesong, Mangyongdae, Hyongjesan, Ryongsong, Samsok, Ryokpo, Rangnang, Sunan, Unjong * 2 county (kun): Kangdong, Kangnam Rason Special City * 1 ward (guyok): Rajin * 1 county (kun): Sŏnbong Chagang Province * 3 cities (si): Kanggye, Hŭich'ŏn, Manp'o * 15 counties (kun): Changgang, Chasŏng, Chŏnch'ŏn, Ch'osan, Chunggang, Hwap'yŏng, Kop'ung, Rangrim, Ryongrim, Sijung, Sŏnggan, Songwŏn, Tongsin, Usi, Wiwŏn North Hamgyŏng Province * 3 cities (si): Ch'ŏngjin, Hoeryŏng, Kimch'aek * 12 counties (kun): Myŏnggan, Hwadae, Kilju, Kyŏngsŏng, Musan, Myŏngch'ŏn, Onsŏng, Ŏran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hwanghae Province
Hwanghae Province (''Hwanghae-do'' ) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon era. Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Haeju. The regional name for the province was Haeseo. History In 1395, the province was organized as Punghae (). In 1417, the province was renamed Hwanghae. The name derived from the names of the two principal cities of Hwangju () and Haeju ). In 1895, the province was reorganized into the Districts of Haeju () in the west and Gaeseong () in the east, but in 1896, a new system of thirteen provinces was established, and Hwanghae Province was reconstituted. In 1945, Korea was divided into Soviet and American zones of occupation, north and south respectively of the 38th parallel. The southernmost part of Hwanghae (around the towns of Ongjin and Yonan County) was cut off from the rest of the province by the dividing line and joined Gyeonggi Province in the southern half of the country. In 1948, Hwanghae an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Gun Ri
The No Gun Ri massacre () occurred on July 26–29, 1950, early in the Korean War, when an undetermined number of South Korean refugees were killed in a U.S. air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the American 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of Nogeun-ri ( ko, 노근리, links=no), southeast of Seoul. In 2005, a South Korean government inquest certified the names of 163 dead or missing and 55 wounded, and added that many other victims' names were not reported. The No Gun Ri Peace Foundation estimated in 2011 that 250–300 were killed, mostly women and children. The incident was little-known outside Korea until publication of an Associated Press (AP) story in 1999 in which 7th Cavalry veterans corroborated survivors' accounts. The AP also uncovered declassified U.S. Army orders to fire on approaching civilians because of reports of North Korean infiltration of refugee groups. In 2001, the U.S. Army conducted an investigation and, after pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinchon Massacre
The Sinchon Massacre () was a massacre of civilians between 17 October and 7 December 1950, in or near the town of Sinchon (currently part of South Hwanghae Province, North Korea). North Korean sources claim the massacre was committed by the U.S. military and that 30,000–35,383 people were killed in Sinchon. South Korean sources dispute the death toll and accuse Korean right-wing security police and communists of the killings. The event took place during the second phase of the Korean War and the retreat of the North Korean government from Hwanghae Province. North Korean claim According to North Korean sources, approximately 35,000 people were killed by American military forces and their supporters during the span of 52 days. This figure represents about one-quarter of the population of Sinchon at the time. The Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities, established in 1958, displays the remains and belongings of those who were killed in the incident. In schools, North Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryu Kyŏng-hwan
is a Japanese masculine given name and family name meaning "dragon", "noble", "prosperous", or "flow". Ryū, Ryu, or ryu may also refer to: Fiction * ''Ryū'' (manga), a 1986 series by Masao Yajima and Akira Oze * , a 1919 book by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa * '' Monthly Comic Ryū'', a manga magazine in Japan Characters * Ryu (''Breath of Fire''), the protagonist in the ''Breath of Fire'' series * Ryu (''Street Fighter''), a leading character in the ''Street Fighter'' franchise * Ryu Hayabusa, the protagonist in the ''Ninja Gaiden'' series * Ryu Higashi, a character from ''J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai'' * Ryu Jose, a character from ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' * Ryu Kumon, a minor character in ''Ranma 1/2'' * Ryu Nakanishi, Science Ninja Team member G-5 * Ryu Tanaka, a character from '' Haikyuu!!'' * Ryu Tendoh, a character from ''Choujin Sentai Jetman'' * Ryū Tsuji, a character from ''Special A'' * "Wooden Sword" Ryu, a ''Shaman King'' character * A character from ''Fist of the North Star'' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song. History 1945–1953: Liberation, Partition, and the Korean War The railway lines of North Korea were originally built during the Japanese occupation of Korea by the Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu''), the South Manchuria Railway (''Mantetsu'') and various privately owned railway companies such as the Chosen Railway (''Chōtetsu''). At the end of the Pacific War, in the territory of today's North Korea Sentetsu owned of railway, of which was standard gauge, and was narrow gauge; in the same territory, privately owned railway companies owned of rail lines, of which was standard gauge and was narrow gauge. At the same time, in September 1945 in the future territory of the DPRK there were 678 locomotives (124 steam tank, 446 tender, 99 narrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
