Pyongyang

American  

[pyuhng-yahng, -yang, pyong-] / ˈpyʌŋˈyɑŋ, -ˈyæŋ, ˈpyɒŋ- /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of North Korea, in the SW part.

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Pyongyang British  

/ ˈpjɒŋˈjæŋ /

noun

1. the capital of North Korea, in the southwest on the Taedong River: industrial centre; university (1946). Pop: 3 284 000 (2005 est)

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Pyongyang Cultural  

1. Capital of North Korea and largest city in the country, located in west-central North Korea.

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Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city, but little remains from its three-thousand-year history, after successive devastations by Japan and in the Korean War.

Example Sentences

Kim, absorbing North Korea’s first major combat losses in many decades, has lavished surviving families with banquets, gold medals and new Pyongyang apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Shortly after arriving in Pyongyang, the American evangelist visited a humble thatched hut on the outskirts of Pyongyang where Kim was said to have been born on April 15, 1912.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

China's top diplomat told his North Korean counterpart on Thursday that Beijing was willing to step up exchanges and cooperation, Chinese state media reported, following their meeting in Pyongyang.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Pyongyang and Taiwan’s opposition leader Cheng Li-wun visited China for a “peace mission” at Xi’s invitation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They intended to return to Pyongyang, where they had left behind a teenage child who lived with Park’s parents.

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