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Tongchon County
T'ongch'ŏn County is a ''kun'', or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It abuts the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) to the north and east. Famous people from T'ongch'ŏn include Hyundai Founder Chung Ju-yung, who is believed to have been born there. History The region was called Hyuyang county during the reign of King Gwanggaeto. The region became part of Silla during the reign of King Jinheung, The modern borders of the county was set in 1952, after the county was reformed. Current administrative divisions T'ongch'ŏn county is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town) and 30 '' ri'' (villages): T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp The town contains the administrative centre of the county, and was created in 1952. The town has the tomb of the ancestor of the Tongchon Kim clan, known for being the son of Crown Prince Maui. The town also hosts the Chongseok gazebo (Chongsokjong), known as one of the eight scenic sites of Kwandong region (Kwandongpalgyeong), and is designated by the DPRK as the no ... [...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'' or ''wards'', organized by province or directly governed city. Pyongyang Directly Governed City * 18 wards (guyok): Chung-guyok, Chung, Hwasong-guyok, Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongchon, Potonggang-guyok, Potonggang, Moranbong-guyok, Moranbong, Sosong-guyok, Sosong, Songyo-guyok, Songyo, Tongdaewon-guyok, Tongdaewon, Taedonggang-guyok, Taedonggang, Sadong-guyok, Sadong, Taesong-guyok, Taesong, Mangyongdae-guyok, Mangyongdae, Hyongjesan-guyok, Hyongjesan, Ryongsong-guyok, Ryongsong, Samsok-guyok, Samsok, Ryokpo-guyok, Ryokpo, Rangnang-guyok, Rangnang, Sunan-guyok, Sunan, Unjong-guyok, Unjong * 2 county (kun): Kangdong, Kangnam County, Kangnam Rason Special City * 2 ward (guyok): Rajin-guyok, Rajin, Sonbong-guyok, Sŏnbong Kaesong Special City * 2 ward (guyok): Kaepung-guyok, Kaep'ung, Panmun-guyok, P'anmun * 1 county (kun): Changpung County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Monuments Of North Korea
Natural monuments of North Korea is a natural monuments system that designates natural resources that are designated as significant to the North Korean government. A total of 469 natural monument entries have been designated from no.1 to no. 935. History North Korea first established a law made to protect natural heritage in 1946 April 29, but was abolished and was revised with new rules of administrating it in 1990. Designation standards The designations are not only considered in an academic, aesthetic and economic perspective, but also designated based on whether it has significant revolutionary history regarding the ruling Kim family of North Korea.For plants it can be something the Kim family planted themselves, for geology it can be things that they named themselves, or important in terms of cult of personality, such as Mount Paektu and Samjiyon lake, for animals it can be things that were paid attention to by the Kim family. List No. 1 - 50 Missing numbers are simply n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeollyeo
''Yeolnyeo'' (), also called ''Yeolbu'' (), is defined as 'virtuous woman' during the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Joseon was a neo-Confucian society with every aspect of life governed by neo-Confucian ethics. Women were educated to be filial to their parents and in-laws, loyal to their husbands; to obey their father before marriage, to obey their husband during marriage, and to obey their sons in widowhood. The 1485 revision of Gyeongguk Daejeon, a Joseon code of law included a "prohibition of remarriage of widows", and specified penalties for widows who remarried, prohibiting the sons and grandsons of such a marriage from participating in the civil service exams, effectively banning them from holding public or governmental posts.Yeonsoo Kim. (2022). Imbalance in annual leave between couples due to the ‘prohibition of widows remarrying’ during the Joseon Dynasty. ''Folklore Studies'' ,(50), 51-79. Widows who remarried could be sentenced to death. The saying A loyal subject d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea (), commonly called the State Rail () and has its headquarters at Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun-song. History 1945–1953: Liberation, partition, and the Korean War The first railways in the future territory of North Korea were built during the Korea under Japanese rule, period of Japanese rule by the Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu''), the South Manchuria Railway (''Mantetsu'') and private companies such as the Chosen Railway (''Chōtetsu''). At the end of the Pacific War, ( of standard gauge, and of narrow gauge) was Sentetsu owned, and ( of standard gauge and of narrow gauge) was privately owned. In September 1945 the rolling stock was 678 locomotives (124 steam locomotive, steam tank locomotive, tank, 446 tender locomotive, tender, 99 narrow gauge steam, and 8 electric locomotives), one steam-powered railway crane, 29 powered railcars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumgangsan Chongnyon Line
The Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea running from Anbyon Station, Anbyŏn to Kamho Station, Kamho. The total length of the line is , but it is only in regular use as far as Kumgangsan Chongnyon station, Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn; the length of the line to there is .Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), History The line was originally built by the Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu'') as part of the Donghae Bukbu Line (1929–1945), Tonghae Pukpu Line, from Anbyon Station, Anbyŏn on Sentetsu's Gyeongwon Line, Kyŏngwŏn Line to Yangyang Station, Yangyang. The construction and opening of the line took place in several stages, with the first section opening on 1 September 1929, and the last on 1 December 1937. Plans were made to extend the line from Yangyang to Pohang, but Japan's defeat in the Pacific War and the subsequent collapse of the Governor-General of Korea, Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has Demographics of South Korea, a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the List of largest cities, ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Gojoseon, Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various Polity, polities consolidated into the rival Three Kingdoms of Korea, kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Kumgang
Mount Kumgang () or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, formerly part of Kangwŏn Province, and is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula. The mountain is about from the South Korean city of Sokcho in Gangwon Province. Seasonal names Mount Kumgang has been known for its scenic beauty since ancient times and is the subject of many different works of art. Including its spring name, ''Kŭmgangsan'' (), it has many different names for each season, but it is most widely known today in the Korean language as Kŭmgangsan. In summer, it is called Pongraesan (); in autumn, Phung'aksan (); in winter, Kaegolsan (). Formation The creation of Mt. Kŭmgang is closely related to the unique climate and distinctive geological activity of the area. Mt. Kŭmgang is a region where rain and snow fall relatively hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') and ''atoll lagoons''. They have also been identified as occurring on mixed-sand and gravel coastlines. There is an overlap between bodies of water classified as coastal lagoons and bodies of water classified as Estuary, estuaries. Lagoons are common coastal features around many parts of the world. Definition and terminology Lagoons are shallow, often elongated bodies of water separated from a larger body of water by a shallow or exposed shoal, reef, coral reef, or similar feature. Some authorities include fresh water bodies in the definition of "lagoon", while others explicitly restrict "lagoon" to bodies of water with some degree of salinity. The distinction between "lagoon" and "estuary" also varies between authorities. Richard A. Davis J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongchon Plain
T'ongch'ŏn County is a Administrative divisions of North Korea, ''kun'', or county, in Kangwon Province (North Korea), Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It abuts the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) to the north and east. Famous people from T'ongch'ŏn include Hyundai Group, Hyundai Founder Chung Ju-yung, who is believed to have been born there. History The region was called Hyuyang county during the reign of King Gwanggaeto. The region became part of Silla during the reign of King Jinheung, The modern borders of the county was set in 1952, after the county was reformed. Current administrative divisions T'ongch'ŏn county is divided into 1 ''Administrative divisions of North Korea, ŭp'' (town) and 30 ''Administrative divisions of North Korea, ri'' (villages): T'ongch'ŏn-ŭp The town contains the administrative centre of the county, and was created in 1952. The town has the tomb of the ancestor of the :ko:통천 김씨, Tongchon Kim clan, known for being the son of Crown Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big-scaled Redfin
The big-scaled redfin (''Pseudaspius hakonensis''), also known as the Japanese dace and ugui ( 鯎 or 鵜喰), is a medium-sized Asian species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. First described by Albert Günther in 1877 as ''Leuciscus hakonensis'', it was the type specimen of the genus ''Tribolodon'', having been described again as ''Tribolodon punctatum'' by Henri Émile Sauvage when he established that genus in 1883. It is the most widely distributed of the ''Pseudaspius'' species, found over much of the Sea of Japan. It is known to carry a number of parasites, including the trematode species ''Centrocestus armatus'' (for which it is a second intermediate host), and the copepod species ''Ergasilus fidiformis'', which is carried in the fish's gills. Fishing Dace are a popular sport fish species. They are known to put up a fight, and to be good for eating. They can be caught with a variety of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
