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The Taedong River (Korean: 대동강) [a] is a large river in North Korea. The river rises in the Rangrim Mountains of the country's north where it then flows southwest into Korea Bay at Namp'o. [3] In between, it runs through the country's capital, Pyongyang. Along the river are landmarks such as the Juche Tower and Kim Il-sung Square.
Major rivers of Korea. The Korean peninsula is mainly mountainous along its east coast, so most of its river water flows west, emptying into the Yellow Sea.Some of these rivers flow through lakes en route to the coast, but these are all artificial reservoirs, as there are no natural lakes on the Korean mainland.
Taedonggang-guyŏk (Korean: 대동강구역), or Taedong River District, is one of the 18 guyŏk, and one of the six that constitute East Pyongyang, North Korea. Taedonggang-guyŏk is on the eastern bank of the Taedong River, north of Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District). It was established in January 1958.
Looking back at our Hotel from the top of the Juche idea tower, Pyongyang, North Korea. Date: 6 May 2007, 11:25:00: Source: originally posted to Flickr as The Taedong River in Pyongyang: Author: Gilad Rom: Permission (Reusing this file)
The current gate features a granite base topped by a two-story pavilion, called the Euphoru Pavilion (읍호루, 挹 灝 樓), because of its grand views of the Taedong River. This pavilion houses two hanging name plaques, one, on the first storey, reading "Taedong Gate" and calligraphed Yang Sa-on, and the other, reading "Upho Pavilion", on ...
The Taedong Bridge (Korean: 대동교) is a bridge over the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea. [1] The bridge was built by the Japanese and completed in 1905. It is one of Pyongyang's two oldest east–west connections via the Taedong Gang, along with the Yanggak Bridge, built in the same year. It was largely destroyed in the Korean War.
Taedong river, Pyongyang, North Korea. I had to travel to China, then to North Korea. One day – just relaxing in Budapest – next day on a jet over the gulf. We saw the canon firing beneath (Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988). North Korea, China was a mystery, an other planet at the time. Flying homebond I read the chinese newspaper: János Kádár ...
The Taedong Gate beside the river in central in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, dates from 1635. Date: 8 October 2010, 17:28: Source: Taedong Gate, Pyongyang: Author: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada