Pyongyang — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. The capital city of North Korea.

   Synonyms

   P'ing-jangPingjangPengyang

   Related words

   Seoulcapital city of South Korea

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   Within less than twenty days after landing at Fusan, Konishi, and Kato, Commander of the Second Contingent of the Japanese Army, occupied Seoul, and the Korean King fled to Pyongyang. The Japanese generals did not stop long in Seoul. Kato marched into the province of North Hamkyong and went as far north as Hoilyong on the Manchurian border, while Konishi pursued the King to Pyongyang, which town he occupied on July 16, that is only fifty-four days after he had set foot in Korea.

   Forty-seven countries host a North Korean embassy, while 24 have an embassy in Pyongyang. Most of the countries that do not have an embassy in North Korea handle their diplomatic affairs with the country from their embassies in neighboring China or South Korea.

   Hundreds of personnel in camouflage uniforms from the Korean People's Army medical units were seen rallying in the capital Pyongyang in photos released by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The military "urgently deployed its powerful forces to all pharmacies in Pyongyang City and began to supply medicines under the 24-hour service system", KCNA said.

2. The North Korean government.

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   • metonymically

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   The US State Department said it welcomed talks between Pyongyang and Seoul on North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, despite a US lawmaker’s call for America to boycott the Games.

   The sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lambasted South Korea’s foreign minister for casting doubt over Pyongyang’s claim that the country has no coronavirus cases. North Korea closed its borders in January to avoid a spread of the virus and has insisted that it has had no cases.

   Pyongyang successfully launched a reconnaissance satellite on Tuesday after two failed attempts in May and August. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in September at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome. Both parties reportedly agreed that Pyongyang would receive technical assistance from Moscow in the aerospace field in exchange for weapons to fight the Ukraine war.