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Pyongyang is a directly administered city ( 직할시; 直轄市; chikhalsi) with a status equal to that of the North Korean provinces . Pyongyang is one of the oldest cities in Korea. [ 10] It was the capital of two ancient Korean kingdoms, Gojoseon and Goguryeo, and served as the secondary capital of Goryeo.
[citation needed] North Korea states its standard language as the language of Pyongyang. However, South Korean authors have claimed it is more similar to the pre-divided Seoul dialect than the pre-divided Pyongyang dialect, and suggested that its pronunciation and grammar are based on the Seoul area rather than the Pyongyang area.
ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅉ are pronounced [tɕ~dʑ, tɕʰ, t͈ɕ] in Seoul, but typically pronounced [ts~dz, tsʰ, t͈s] in Pyongyang. [20] Similarly, /s, s͈/ are palatalized as [ɕ, ɕ͈] before /i, j/ in Seoul. In Pyongyang they remain unchanged. [citation needed] This pronunciation may be also found in Seoul Korean among some speakers, especially before ...
Naengmyeon [2] (냉면; 冷麵, in South Korea) or raengmyŏn (랭면, in North Korea) is a noodle dish of northern Korean origin which consists of long and thin handmade noodles made from the flour and starch of various ingredients, including buckwheat (메밀, memil), potatoes, sweet potatoes, arrowroot starch (darker color and chewier than buckwheat noodles), and kudzu (칡, chik).
UTC+9 ( Pyongyang Time) Pyongsong ( 평성, Korean pronunciation: [pʰjʌŋ.sʌŋ], officially Phyongsong [1]) is a city in North Korea, the capital city of South Pyongan province in western North Korea. The city is located about 32 kilometres northeast of Pyongyang, and was formally established in December 1969. It has a population of 284,386.
The Juche Tower is the second tallest monumental column in the world after the San Jacinto Monument in Texas, United States, which is 2.9 metres (9.5 ft) taller. Associated with the tower is a 30-metre-high (98 ft) statue consisting of three idealised figures each holding a tool – a hammer (the worker); a sickle (the peasant); and a writing ...
The Workers' Party of Korea ( WPK) [a] is the sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is the oldest active party in Korea. It also controls the Korean People's Army, North ...
The name Goguryeo ( Korean : 고구려; Hanja : 高句麗; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞ɡuɾjʌ̹] ), which means "high castle", is a combination of Guryeo and the prefix Go ( Korean : 고; Hanja : 高; lit. high, big). [25] The name came from Goguryeo- hyeon, a subdivision that was established by the Xuantu Commandery.