Kaesong

English Alternative forms en Gaeseong Etymology Borrowed from en ko ^개성(開城). Pronunciation en /kæˈsʌŋ/? kă′sŭng′Kaesong 893 2 Kaesong (kă′sŭng′), Jap. [Japanese] Kaijo or Kaizyo (both: kī′jō′)Sometimes called Songdo; also spelled Kaisong. Proper noun en city c/North Korea. en November 14, 2008 Jon Herskovitz Travel Postcard: 8 hours, 32 minutes in Kaesong, North Korea Jonathan Thatcher; Miral Fahmy w:Reuters https://archive.ph/8yfyG https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/travel-postcard-8-hours-32-minutes-in-kaesong-north-korea-idUSTRE4AD0ZU/ 14 March 2025 The South's Hyundai Asan offers one-day trips to Kaesong, just north of the heavily armed border and about 70 km (45 miles) northwest of Seoul, where visitors can see ancient Korean history and take a glance at life in Asia's only communist dynasty. en April 02, 2013 Chico Harlan North Korea bars southern workers from industrial complex w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20130404155635/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-bars-southern-workers-from-industrial-complex/2013/04/02/574ece12-9c0d-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html April 04, 2013 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-bars-southern-workers-from-industrial-complex/2013/04/02/574ece12-9c0d-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html 0190-8286 2269358 https://archive.ph/ttcyt Kaesong, located six miles north of the heavily fortified border, employs about 50,000 North Koreans and is home to about 120 South Korean businesses. Those businesses received tax benefits and low-interest loans from the South Korean government, as well as risk insurance. en February 10, 2016 w:Choe Sang-Hun South Korea to Shut Joint Factory Park, Kaesong, Over Nuclear Test and Rocket w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20160212123058/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/world/asia/north-south-korea-kaesong.html 12 February 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/world/asia/north-south-korea-kaesong.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific https://archive.li/pXmqN In announcing the decision, Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said the industrial complex in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, which went into operation in 2004, had wound up providing funds for the North’s weapons programs. en 07/26/2020 Coronavirus: North Korea locks down Kaesong over suspected case https://web.archive.org/web/20200727071108/https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-north-korea-locks-down-kaesong-over-suspected-case/a-54321184 27 July 2020 https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-north-korea-locks-down-kaesong-over-suspected-case/a-54321184 w:Deutsche Welle News https://archive.ph/PrnUJ Kaesong, a city with an estimated 200,000 people, is located just north of the heavily fortified land border with South Korea. en 09/24/2020 North Korea shot dead South Korean in its waters: Seoul w:France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20211130163016/https://www.france24.com/en/20200924-north-korea-shot-dead-south-korean-in-its-waters-seoul November 30, 2021 https://www.france24.com/en/20200924-north-korea-shot-dead-south-korean-in-its-waters-seoul Seoul (AFP) Live news https://archive.ph/bvI2t In July, a North Korean defector who had fled to the South three years ago sneaked back over the heavily fortified border into the impoverished nation.His crossing prompted North Korean officials to put the border city of Kaesong under lockdown amid fears that he may have carried the coronavirus. Synonyms from Mandarin Chinese en Kaicheng Translations city in North Korea Chinese: Cantonese: yue 開城 hoi1 sing4 Mandarin: cmn 開城 Kāichéng Hindi: hi कैसोंग Korean: ko ^개성(開城) Russian: ru Кэсо́н m References Further reading Kaesong en 1998 Kaesong Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1474 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1474/ 3 Anagrams en aegknos go snake