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.

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Of the nine countries known to possess nuclear weapons -- Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea -- only Pyongyang has conducted nuclear tests since the 1990s.

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Pyongyang accused Seoul of having flown a drone into the border city of Kaesong earlier this month, releasing photos of what it said was debris from one it shot down.

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Images released by Pyongyang showed a stern-looking Kim delivering a speech at the venue in Hamgyong Province in the country's frigid northeast, with workers in attendance wearing green uniforms and matching grey hats.

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Pyongyang has rejected Lee's overtures for peace and shown little interest in reconciliation.

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The South Korean president's top advisor vowed on Wednesday to punish whoever is found responsible for a recent drone incursion into North Korea, after a furious Pyongyang demanded an apology.

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