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Kunu-dong (Kunuri) is a village located in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.A key battle of the Korean War, the Battle of Kunu-ri, took place there in November 1950.Kunu-ri was mainly a communication center and a railroad station at the time, and it contains the lateral east-west road which runs from Sinanju on the west coast and Hungnamon the east coast.
The Battle of Ongjin Peninsula (Korean: 옹진반도 전투; Hanja: 甕津半島 戰鬪) was a series of battles that occurred in Ongjin Peninsula between 25 and 26 June 1950 and was a part of the Operation Pokpung (North Korea) and Operation Western Region (South Korea) that marked the beginning of the Korean War.
Seventeen days later, North Korean troops would invade South Korea. [1] June 13 - The three North Korean "peace representatives", who had crossed into South Korea on Saturday, were arrested. [2] June 25 - The Beginning of the Korean War. At 4am KST (June 24 – 7pm UTC), South Korean army bases near the border with North Korea, at Yeoncheon ...
Map of important sites relevant to the Hong Gyeong-rae rebellion of 1812 in northern Pyongan Province, Joseon (Korea) Meanwhile, the rebel army led by Kim captured Gwaksan , where the fifth column greeted them. The wounded magistrate escaped first to the fortified town of Jeongju, where he warned of the impending attack on the town. The warning ...
The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River (Chinese: 清川江战役; pinyin: Qīngchuānjiāng Zhànyì), also known as the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on, was a decisive battle in the Korean War that took place from November 25 to December 2, 1950, along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley in the northwestern part of North Korea.
The Hungnam evacuation [1] or Heungnam redeployment [2] [3] (Korean: 흥남 철수 작전; Hanja: 興南撤收作戰), also known as the Miracle of Christmas, [4] was the evacuation of United Nations (UN) forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, Hamhung, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War.
On 13 March, North Korea confirmed it ended the Armistice and declared North Korea "is not restrained by the North-South declaration on non-aggression". [270] On 30 March, North Korea stated it entered a "state of war" and "the long-standing situation of the Korean peninsula being neither at peace nor at war is finally over". [271]
The First Battle of Naktong Bulge was an engagement between United Nations Command (UN) and North Korean forces early in the Korean War from August 5–19, 1950 in the vicinity of Yongsan (Yeongsan, Changnyeong county) and the Naktong River in South Korea.