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

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

Day trips from the North begin in Pyongyang, a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the DMZ-adjacent city of Kaesong.

From BBC

South Korea pulled its companies out of Kaesong in North Korea in 2016 following a North Korean nuclear test, removing the last remaining major symbol of cooperation between the rivals.

From Washington Times