Kaep'ung-guyŏk is a district of
Kaesong Special city in
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
. Formerly part of the
Kaesong
Kaesong (, ; ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region cl ...
urban area, the county was merged with North Hwanghae when Kaesong was demoted in 2003. However, it was returned to Kaesong Special City in October 2019.
The area is the site of the royal tombs of
King Kongmin and
King Taejo of the
Goryeo dynasty
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korea, Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. Goryeo achieved what has b ...
. Actor
O Yeong-su
O Yeong-su (; born O Se-kang, October 19, 1944) is a South Korean actor. He began acting on stage in 1967, from which time he says he has appeared in over 200 plays. He later began acting on screen, often portraying monks due to his experience ...
, who played Oh Il-nam in the television series
Squid Game
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, was born here in 1944 when the county of Kaepung was in
Keiki-dō
, alternatively Keiki Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Keijō (Seoul). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean territories of Seoul and Gyeonggi, as well as parts of what is now southern Nor ...
, during
Korea under Japanese rule
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (), the Japanese reading of "Joseon".
Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s. Both Korea (Joseon) and Japan had been under polic ...
.
Administrative divisions
The county is divided into 2 tong (neighbourhoods) and 14 ri (villages).
* Kaep'ung 1-tong
(개풍1동/開豊1洞)
* Kaep'ung 2-tong
(개풍2동/開豊2洞)
* Konam-ri
(고남리/古南里)
* Kwangsu-ri
(광수리/光水里)
* Namp'o-ri
(남포리/南浦里)
* Ryŏhyŏl-li
(려현리/礪峴里)
* Muksal-li
(묵산리/墨山里)
* Muksong-ri
(묵송리/墨松里)
* Sinsŏ-ri
(신서리/新西里)
* Sinsŏng-ri
(신성리/新聖里)
* Yŏngang-ri
(연강리/延江里)
* Osal-li
(오산리/五山里)
* P'ungdŏng-ri
(풍덕리/豊德里)
* Haep'yŏng-ri
(해평리/海坪里)
* Ŭip'o-ri
(의포리/義浦里)
* Oksal-li
(옥산리/玉山里)
Transport
Kaep'ung is served by
Kaep'ung and
Ryohyŏn stations of the
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
19 ...
. These are both on the
P'yŏngbu line
The P'yŏngbu Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway running from P'yŏngyang to Kaesŏng in North Korea and further south across the DMZ to Seoul in South Korea; the name comes from the two (theoretical) ter ...
.
See also
*
Geography of North Korea
North Korea is located in East Asia in the Northern half of Korea, partially on the Korean Peninsula. It borders three countries: People's Republic of China, China along the Amnok River, Yalu (Amnok) River, Russia along the Tumen River, and Sou ...
*
Administrative divisions of North Korea
The administrative divisions of North Korea are organized into three hierarchical levels. These divisions were created in 2002. Many of the units have equivalents in the Administrative Divisions of South Korea, system of South Korea. At the ...
References
* http://nk.joins.com/map/view.asp?idx=i033.htm
Kaesong
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