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Cheonan is known for small walnut-shaped and flavored cakes, or hodugwaja, which are produced in the area. It is common when leaving from or passing through Cheonan Station by train to see many merchants selling hodugwaja. [16] Cheonan is also known for several agricultural products including melons, grapes and ya pears.
The ROKS Cheonan sinking occurred on 26 March 2010, when Cheonan, a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen. The cause of the sinking remains in dispute.
ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), commissioned in 1989. On 26 March 2010, she broke in two and sank near the sea border with North Korea , killing 46 sailors.
Elevated parts of a highway under construction is seen collapsed in Cheonan, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. - Park Woo-kyoung/Newsis/AP
Cheonan was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at its Ulsan shipyard and launched on 9 November 2021. [4] Cheonan was commissioned on 19 May 2023. [4]On 22 January 2024, Commander Park Yeon-soo, who had served as the operations officer on ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) when it was sunk by a North Korean torpedo on 26 March 2010, took command of the new Cheonan.
ROKS Cheonan is the name of two South Korean Navy warships: ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) , a Pohang -class corvette from 1989 to 2010. ROKS Cheonan (FFG-826) , a Daegu -class frigate commissioned in 2023.
Cheonan station (Korean: 천안역) is the main train station in central Cheonan, South Korea, and the junction of the Gyeongbu and Janghang lines. It has also been served by Seoul Subway Line 1 since 2005.
Government of Australia officially condemned the sinking of the Cheonan, stating that it believed North Korea was responsible. [23] New Zealand. New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully condemned North Korea's sinking of the Cheonan, urging North Korea to refrain from further destabilising acts and expressing solidarity with South ...