Pyongyang

American  

[pyuhng-yahng, -yang, pyong-] / ˈpjʌŋˈjɑŋ, -ˈjæŋ, ˈpjɒŋ- /

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.

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Pyongyang has placed just one spy satellite into orbit, leaving it a long way from the constellation needed for meaningful reconnaissance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Roof work is under way at a massive compound in the capital Pyongyang, a lake resort and a family mansion so vast in size it has missile launchpads for weapons tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Pyongyang is under widespread sanctions over its nuclear programme, and the two Koreas remain technically at war as their 1950-53 conflict ended without a peace treaty.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Unlike his mother, Ri is believed to have come from an upper-middle class family in Pyongyang, according to South Korea's intelligence service.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Kim said that in the five years he was based in Pyongyang for the state insurance corporation, bags of cash always arrived in time for his leader’s birthday.

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