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Dongducheon (Korean: 동두천; Korean pronunciation: [ˈto̞ŋ.du.tɕʰʌ̹n]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The city, to the north of Seoul , is strategically important for the defense of the Korean capital.
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Camp Casey (Korean: 캠프 케이시) is a U.S. military base in Dongducheon (also sometimes spelled Tongduchŏn or TDC), South Korea, 40 miles (64 km) north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major Hugh Boyd Casey , who was killed in a plane crash near the camp site during the Korean War.
Gyeonggi Province has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period. Ever since King Onjo, the founder of Baekje (one of the three kingdoms), founded the government in Wiryeseong of Hanam, the Han River Valley was absorbed into Goguryeo in the mid-fifth century, and became Silla's territory in the year 553 (the 14th ...
Camp Hovey is a United States Army military base in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was named after Master Sergeant Howard Hovey who was killed in action at Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War. [1] The camp is adjacent to the larger Camp Casey connected by a road known as "Hovey Cut".
Dongducheon Station opened for business on July 25, 1912, and was the terminal station of the Gyeongwon Line in South Korea for a short time due to the division of the North and South. Later, with the double-track electrification of the Gyeongwon Line, it served as the starting and ending station for the Gyeongwon Line commuter train.
Bosan Station is a subway station located at Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. This station is on the Seoul Subway Line 1 . Camp Casey , an American military base , is located nearby.
The route was originally planned as an extension of National Route 39 to Dongducheon but was instead designated as a state-funded local route on 19 July 1996, running from Uijeongbu to Dongducheon. [2] In 2012 the route was shortened to Yangju.