Pyongyang (US: / ˌ p j ɒ ŋ ˈ j æ ŋ /, UK: / ˌ p j ʌ ŋ ˈ j ɑː ŋ /, Korean: [pʲʰʌ̹ŋ.ja̠ŋ]) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 109 km (68 mi) upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea.According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288.

Pyongyang International Airport (Korean: 평양 국제비행장; Hanja: 平壤國際飛行場; MR: P'yŏngyang Kukche Pihaengchang) (IATA: FNJ, ICAO: ZKPY), also known as the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, is the main airport serving Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.It is located in the city's Sunan District. As of March 2019, Air Koryo is the only airline serving …

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.North Korea's border with South Korea is a disputed border as …

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what was later known as the "Pueblo incident" or alternatively, as the "Pueblo crisis".. The seizure of the U.S. Navy ship and her 83 crew members, one of whom was killed …

Pyongyang (uitspraak en verouderde schrijfwijze: Pjongjang of Pchenjan) is de hoofdstad en regeringszetel van Noord-Korea. ... Sunan International Airport. Geboren in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Chu (1920-2021), politicus; Hong Yong-Jo (1982), voetballer; Kim Ju-sik (1992 ...

History North Korea's debut and the 1966 World Cup. The North Korea Football Association was founded in 1945. It became a member of the AFC during the confederation's first year of existence in 1954, and has been affiliated with FIFA since 1958. The first official match of the North Korean national football team was played on 22 March 1964 in Rangoon, against Burma, as part of the …

Kim Jong-chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il.His younger brother is current Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.His older half-brother Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in February 2017.. In 2007, Jong-chul was appointed deputy chief of a leadership division of the Workers' …

Dhaka Metro Rail (Bengali: ঢাকা মেট্রো রেল), colloquially known as the Dhaka Metro (Bengali: ঢাকা মেট্রো) is an approved mass rapid transit system under construction in Dhaka, the capital and the busiest city of Bangladesh.Together with a separate light rapid transit (LRT) system, it has been long called for to ease the extreme traffic jams and ...

The Kim family, also known as the Kim dynasty or the Mount Paektu bloodline in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il-sung.The patriarch came to rule the north in 1948, after the end of Japanese rule split the region in 1945.

Chiang Mai (meaning "New City" in Thai) was founded in 1296 as the new capital of Lan Na, succeeding the former capital, Chiang Rai.: 208–209 The city's location on the Ping River (a major tributary of the Chao Phraya River) and its proximity to major trading routes contributed to its historic importance. The city (thesaban nakhon, "city municipality") of Chiang Mai officially only …