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• Chongjin
  Chongjin

  noun

  a seaport in W North Korea.
• Chŏngjin
  Chŏngjin

  noun

  a port in E North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est)

Chongjin

American  

[chœng-jin] / ˈtʃœŋˈdʒɪn /

noun

1. a seaport in W North Korea.

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Chŏngjin British  

/ ˈtʃʌŋˈdʒɪn /

noun

1. a port in E North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est)

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Chongjin

“My ancestral roots have dried up, and, quite honestly, I feel like North Korea is my home,” said Cho, whose grandfather moved to the northeastern North Korean city of Chongjin in the mid-1920s.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021

He realized his family had been duped, he said, when he saw the people at Chongjin, who “all looked poor and ashen.”

From New York Times ● May 5, 2021

Haishen is also expected to draw near North Korea’s port city of Chongjin late Monday.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2020

One woman, named as Ms Pyon from Chongjin City, North Korea, is quoted as saying in the report:

From BBC ● May 20, 2019

Thieving peaked during the 1990s famine, when gangs of homeless youngsters—many of them orphans—began to congregate around train stations in cities like Gilju, Hamhung, and Chongjin.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden