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    South Pyongan Province (Korean: 평안남도; MR: Phyŏngannamdo; IPA: [pʰjʌŋanːamdo]) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern...
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    Pyongan Province (Korean: 평안도; Hanja: 平安道; IPA: [pʰjʌŋando]) was one of Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Pyongan was located in the...
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    North Pyongan Province (also spelled North P'yŏngan; Korean: 평안북도; MR: Phyŏnganbukto; IPA: [pʰjʌŋanbuk̚t͈o]) is a western province of North Korea. The...
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    Anju-si (Korean pronunciation: [an.dzu]) is a city in the South P'yŏngan province of North Korea. Its population was 240,117 in 2008. The Ch'ongch'on...
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    (오영찬, 吳永瓚) South Pyeongan Province or Pyeongannam-do (Korean pronunciation: [pʰjʌŋan namdo]) corresponds to North Korea's South Pyongan Province, Pyongyang...
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    Ŭnsan County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. The name Unsan is proposed to have been derived from either the Chinese character...
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    Songam Cavern (category South Pyongan)
    stalactites and stalagmites. The cavern is located in Kaech'ŏn-si, South Pyongan Province. Among the 70 scenic sites within the caverns are the flower gate...
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    In Korea, the murals of the Goguryeo tombs found at Uhyon-ni in South Pyongan province features the Azure Dragon and the other mythological creatures of...
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    Hanja: 金輔鉉; 3 October 1871 – 2 September 1955) was a farmer from the South Pyongan province. He was the paternal grandfather of the founder of the Democratic...
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  • Kim Song-ae (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    until his death in 1994. Born Kim Song-pal on 29 December 1924 in South Pyongan Province, Kim Song-ae began her career as a clerical worker in the Ministry...
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    Hwang Jang-yop (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    born in Kangdong, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in South Pyongan Province, North Korea). He graduated from the Pyongyang Commercial School...
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    Korea: Chagang, North Hamgyong, South Hamgyong, North Hwanghae, South Hwanghae, Kangwon, North Pyongan, South Pyongan, and Ryanggang. Although the details...
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    Kang Pan-sok (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    Kang Pan Suk (Korean: 강반석; 21 April 1892 – 31 July 1932) was the mother of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandmother of Kim Jong Il, and...
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  • Cheonchu(天秋) and Mansei(萬歲) in the ancient Dukheungri tombs in Nampo, South Pyongan Province in 1976, they are a symbol of longevity, known to live for a thousand...
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    Pyongsong (category Cities in South Pyongan)
    officially Phyongsong) is a city in North Korea, the capital city of South Pyongan province in western North Korea. The city is located about 32 kilometres...
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    Hak Ja Han (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    Hanja: 韓鶴子; born February 10, 1943 January 6, 1943, lunar calendar) is a South Korean cult leader. Her late husband Sun Myung Moon was the founder of the...
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    provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was formed in 1949...
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    Ahn Chang Ho (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    November 1878 in Kangso County, Pyeongan Province, Joseon (present-day South Pyongan, North Korea). He was the third son of father An Hŭng-kuk, and mother...
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    Sunch'ŏn (Korean pronunciation: [sun.tsʰʌn]) is a city in South Pyongan province, North Korea. It has a population of 297,317, and is home to various manufacturing...
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  • U Tong-chuk (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    U Tong-chuk or Woo Dong-cheuk (born August 8, 1942) is a North Korean official. He was a politburo member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party...
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    Shin Dong-hyuk (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    Soksan-ri, Pukchang, South Pyongan Province (평안남도 북창군 석산리) and later moved into Pongchang-ri, Pukchang, South Pyongan Province (평안남도 북창군 봉창리). He had...
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    Pyongyang (redirect from Heijo, South Heian)
    provincial capital of South Pyongan Province until 1946, and Pyongyang cuisine shares the general culinary tradition of the Pyongan province. The most famous...
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    Yi Si-yeong (category Vice presidents of South Korea)
    Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, he had served for Joseon as the Governor of South Pyongan Province and the President of Hansung Law Court. Gamseemanuh (감시만어; 感時漫語)...
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  • (in what is today Gangwon-do, South Korea): 12,733 and 3,930 households Gaeseong (in what is today South Pyongan Province, North Korea): 439 people and...
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    Lee Jung-seob (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    rule, Lee was born into an affluent family in Pyongwon County, South Pyongan Province in present-day North Korea. His family owned an extensive area of...
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    Sinanju (category South Pyongan)
    Sinanju is a region (신안주) in Anju city, South Pyongan Province, North Korea. The name literally means "Comfortable New Village." When Anju County was raised...
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    Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River (category History of South Pyongan Province)
    the Ch'ongch'on River and its tributaries, which is located 50 mi (80 km) south of the Sino-Korean border. The UN front line stretched from the Korean west...
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    industrial or cooperative farm careers. List of universities and colleges in South Korea Korea University (Japan) Library of Congress country study, see p...
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    Cho Man-sik (category People from South Pyongan Province)
    in October 1950. Cho was born on 1 February 1883 in Kangsŏ-gun, South P'yŏngan Province, Joseon. He was of the Changnyeong Jo clan. He was raised and educated...
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    Nampo (category Cities in South Pyongan)
    to South Pyongan Province. For some time after this, Chollima-guyok, Kangso-guyok and Taean-guyok districts became counties (gun) of South Pyongan Province...
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