Chagang

chágāng chágǎng chàgǎng English + Province Chagang-do Alternative forms en Jagang Etymology Borrowed from en ko ^자강도(慈江道). Pronunciation en Proper noun en province c/North Korea Kanggye. en 1976 May Nena Vreeland; Rinn-Sup Shinn Industry Area Handbook for North Korea https://archive.org/details/areahandbookforn0000vree/ 2nd 1994070 282 https://archive.org/details/areahandbookforn0000vree/page/282/ In the late 1960s or early 1970s the Unbong hydroelectric plant was constructed at Chasong on the Yalu River in Chagang Province, with an installed generating capacity of 400,000 kilowatts. en October 19, 1997 w:Keith B. Richburg Beyond a Wall of Secrecy, Devastation w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20000915115802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/korea/stories/function.htm 15 September 2000 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/korea/stories/function.htm 0190-8286 2269358 A01 Last week, U.S. Rep. Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio) and this correspondent were permitted an unusual look behind the regime's wall of secrecy, traveling into areas rarely seen by outsiders, and never by an American journalist. In addition to Hamhung, which we reached in an old Soviet-made helicopter, we also took a 3 1/2-hour drive north from Pyongyang on the country's main north-south highway into the rugged mountains of Chagang province to the small town of Tongsin, stopping briefly along the way in a slightly larger town, Huichon. en June 14, 2005 Tony Banbury Hungry, and getting desperate w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20231119172248/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/opinion/hungry-and-getting-desperate.html 19 November 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/opinion/hungry-and-getting-desperate.html 0362-4331 1645522 Opinion On a recent visit to North Korea, I was welcomed into a modest apartment by a family in Huichon city, Chagang Province. Its four members lived on a diet of government-supplied corn and acorns foraged in nearby woodland. en December 4, 2015 Eric Talmadge North Korea hunkers down for harsh winter https://web.archive.org/web/20230902145707/https://apnews.com/article/91af2ab2424444bdb0b3e5461289bee9 02 September 2023 https://apnews.com/article/91af2ab2424444bdb0b3e5461289bee9 w:AP News Darlene Tymo, the WFP’s country director in North Korea, said that although official statistics from the North Korean government are not out yet, the main harvest of the year is believed to have been worse than last year and that could mean especially remote and impoverished areas — particularly the mountainous provinces of Chagang and Ryanggang along the border with China — could be looking at a harsher than usual winter ahead. en 2017 Daniel Tudor Je Son Lee Pyongyang vs. the Rest Ask a North Korean: Defectors Talk about their Lives inside the World's Most Secretive Nation https://archive.org/details/asknorthkoreande0000tudo/ w:Tuttle Publishing 978-0-8048-4933-3 1025334392 101 https://archive.org/details/asknorthkoreande0000tudo/page/101/ Chagang Province was not that far away from my province, but they spoke with a very different accent. People in my hometown sound very abrupt and stern. But people in Chagang Province speak very gently, which makes people feel comfortable. en February 7, 2022 David Brunnstrom U.S. think tank identifies North Korea base likely intended for ICBMs Sam Holmes w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20220208003123/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-think-tank-identifies-north-korea-base-likely-intended-icbms-2022-02-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-think-tank-identifies-north-korea-base-likely-intended-icbms-2022-02-07/ February 08, 2022 Asia Pacific "Should operational ICBMs not become available in the near term, it is likely that intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) will be deployed," the report added, noting that North Korea tested a Hwasong-12 IRBM from Chagang province last month. en Translations province of North Korea Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 慈江道 Korean: ko 자강도 Further reading en 2008 Chagang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 714 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/714/ 2