Turu Island (두루섬) is a large island in the

Taedong River The Taedong River (Chosŏn'gŭl: ) is a large river in North Korea. The river rises in the Rangrim Mountains of the country's north where it then flows southwest into Korea Bay at Namp'o.Suh, Dae-Sook (1987) "North Korea in 1986: Strengthening ...

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...

, North Korea, separated by a shallow channel from the smaller Ssuk Island to its east. Since 1983 both islands have been accessible by road via an off-ramp in the middle of the

Chungsong Bridge The Chungsong Bridge (충성의 다리, 忠誠) is a major road bridge across the Taedong River in Pyongyang opened in 1983.Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. 1983 - (KCNA in English 0403 gmt 2 Sep 83) BRIDGE IN PYONGYANG The Chungsong br ...

. The island was the site of the

General Sherman incident The ''General Sherman'' incident ( ko, 제너럴셔먼호 사건) was the destruction of the American merchant ship '' SS General Sherman'' in the Taedong River during an unsuccessful and illegal attempt by the ship's crew to open up trade with ...

, the destruction of an armed U.S. Merchant Marine side-wheel steamer in 1866.Korea Today - Issues 316-327 - Page 484 1983 They armed the General Sherman with a British trading company Meadows & Co. in Tianjin, China, and for ... The local authorities in Pyongyang advised the intruders to go back explaining that trade with foreigners was strictly prohibited by the state law.... The ship reached the vicinity of Turu Island near Mangyongdae."

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