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Kanggye (Korean: 강계시; Korean pronunciation:[kɐŋ.ɡje]) is the provincial capital of Chagang, North Korea and has a population of 251,971. Because of its strategic importance, derived from its topography, it has been of military interest from the time of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
Kanggye (Korean: 강계시; Korean pronunciation: [kɐŋ.ɡje]) is the provincial capital of Chagang, North Korea and has a population of 251,971. Because of its...
(Shared with PBS during special programs, when VOK is on 621) 720 kHz, Kanggye (500 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight) 765 kHz, Hyesan (50 kW) (inactive)...
Kanggye Pyongyang Kyo-hwa-so No. 7 Kanggye(강계 7호 교화소) is a "reeducation camp" in Kanggye, Chagang. Its number of prisoners and its state of operation is...
The Kanggye Line is an electrified narrow-gauge line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea running from Kanggye on the Manp'o Line to Rangrim, primarily...
Kanggye station is a railway station in Kanggye municipal city, Chagang Province, North Korea, on the Manp'o Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also...
Korea. Originally part of Kanggye, it was made a separate county in 1949. It borders Hwapyong and Rangrim to the east, Kanggye and Sijung to the west, Songgan...
after being demarcated from North Pyongan. The provincial capital is Kanggye. Before 2019, Chagang was the only province of North Korea completely inaccessible...
South Pyongan 평안남도 Pyongsong 6 North Pyongan 평안북도 Sinuiju 7 Chagang 자강도 Kanggye 8 South Hwanghae 황해남도 Haeju 9 North Hwanghae 황해북도 Sariwon 10 Kangwon 강원도...
time to a firebombing campaign, agreeing to Stratemeyer's request to burn Kanggye and several other towns: "Burn it if you so desire. Not only that, Strat...
northwest, and Pyeongyang (Korean: 평양부; Hanja: 平壤府) in the south. In 1896, Kanggye and Ŭiju Districts were reorganized into North Pyongan Province, and Pyeongyang...
deployed in the Korean War against an underground command center near Kanggye. During Operation Desert Storm (1991), there was a need for a deep penetration...
to attack west from the Chosin Reservoir and to cut the vital Manpojin—Kanggye—Huichon supply line. In response, Major General Edward M. Almond, commander...
078361°N 126.111778°E / 40.078361; 126.111778) A transmitter site in Kanggye (also five 200 kW) is used as well. A site in Pyongyang (10 transmitters...
and his government to flee north, first to Sinuiju and eventually into Kanggye. On 25 October 1950, after sending various warnings of their intent to...
or county, in central Chagang province, North Korea. Originally part of Kanggye county, it was made a separate county in 1949. North Korea's largest fir...
Party (CCP). In North Korea, Choe assumed command of the highly strategic Kanggye Regiment of the 1st Division in the newly organized Korean People's Army...
County, Chagang Province, North Korea, the terminus of the narrow-gauge Kanggye Line of the Korean State Railway. Rangrim station, originally called Tongmun'gŏri...
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