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

She has effectively become Pyongyang's official mouthpiece for diplomacy with two nations typically viewed as "enemies".

From Barron's

Thousands of party elites have packed the capital Pyongyang for a once-in-five-years summit of the ruling Workers' Party, a gathering that directs state efforts on everything from diplomacy to war planning.

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Pyongyang is now bolstered by expanded military capabilities and newfound diplomatic leverage.

From The Wall Street Journal

More than 40 countries have been targeted or involved in North Korea’s cyber work, according to a U.S.-led consortium of 11 nations documenting Pyongyang’s sanctions violations.

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The rollout comes ahead of Pyongyang's biggest political event on the calendar -- the party congress -- scheduled to take place later this month, although the exact date has not been announced.

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