Kaesong

American  

[key-sawng] / ˈkeɪˈsɔŋ /

noun

1. a city in S North Korea.

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Kaesŏng British  

/ ˌkeɪˈsɑŋ /

noun

1. a city in SW North Korea: former capital of Korea (938–1392). Pop: 621 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Pyongyang accused Seoul of having flown a drone into the border city of Kaesong earlier this month, releasing photos of what it said was debris from one it shot down.

From Barron's

The North alleged on Saturday that the craft crossed from the South Korean border county of Ganghwa into the North Korean city of Kaesong in early January, and released photos of wreckage from the drone it claimed to have shot down.

From Barron's

Lee was born on June 1, 1928, in Kaesong, present-day North Korea, the youngest of seven children.

From Los Angeles Times

South Koreans’ security anxieties have long been kept in check by the U.S.-South Korea alliance and by past inter-Korean projects such as South Korean tours to the Diamond Mountain resort and the jointly operated Kaesong factory park, said Han-Wool Jeong, director of the Korea People Research Institute.

From Seattle Times

The most spectacular fit of pique came in 2020, when North Korean military engineers blew up a South Korea-funded liaison office — its operations had been suspended and nobody was inside — established outside the North Korean town of Kaesong.

From Washington Times