List of City Name Changes - North Korea

North Korea

  • Sinuiju → Shingishū → Sinuiju
  • Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō → Pyongyang
  • Wonsanjin → Genzan → Wonsan
  • Songjin → Kimchaek
  • Kaesong → Gaeseong

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Famous quotes containing the word north:

    The North will at least preserve your flesh for you; Northerners are pale for good and all. There’s very little difference between a dead Swede and a young man who’s had a bad night. But the Colonial is full of maggots the day after he gets off the boat.
    Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)