Manpo

mànpō English Manpo Etymology Borrowed from en ko ^만포(滿浦). Pronunciation mänʹpôʹen 1952 Manpojin Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1142 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1142/ 1 Proper noun en municipal city province/Chagang c/North Korea. en 1966 William F. Dean William F. Dean William L. Worden My Three Years as a Dead Man Post True Stories of Courage and Survival https://archive.org/details/posttruestorieso00clev/ 1st 66-28441 1329842 207 https://archive.org/details/posttruestorieso00clev/page/207/ We finally reached Choesin-dong, a suburb of Manpo and on the Yalu River border between Korea and Manchuria, that day. en 12 February 1993 11 February 1993 KCNA Details Youth's Exploits, Deeds Daily Report: East Asia https://archive.org/details/micro_IA1176901_0867/ 28 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Pyongyang KCNA 0898-347X 16076306 13 https://archive.org/details/micro_IA1176901_0867/page/13/ 1 Under the warm loving care they performed such exploits as finishing the 250 kilometre long railway construction in the Hyesan-Manpho section in a little more than five years by digging tunnels through high and steep mountains and building railway bridges across swift river currents and deep valleys.Comrade Kim Chong-il saw to it that many tunnels and railway bridges were named “youth” and “speed campaign youth” and the railway section between Hyesan and Manpho was called the youth line so that the proud feats of the young builders could be conveyed to the posterity. on en August 26, 2010 w:Choe Sang-Hun; w:Sharon LaFraniere Carter Wins Release of American in North Korea w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034505/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/world/asia/27korea.html November 09, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/world/asia/27korea.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific After watching Mr. Kim’s movements for the past few days, the South Korean authorities said his train had crossed the border with China, traveling from the North Korean town of Manpo to Jian in China, according to an official at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. en 09 April 2019 Lee Jeong-ho China’s bridge to North Korea opens 3 years after it was built – but why now? w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20190409051107/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3005335/chinas-bridge-north-korea-opens-3-years-after-it-was-built-why April 09, 2019 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3005335/chinas-bridge-north-korea-opens-3-years-after-it-was-built-why 1563-9371 648902513 China https://archive.ph/SwGCV A border checkpoint and bridge connecting the Chinese city of Jian with North Korea’s Manpo were open on Monday, following three years of delays since they were built. en MAY 3, 2019 Théo Clément The Jian-Manpho Bridge: Another Failed Attempt at Economic Integration or One More Nail in the Coffin of “Maximum Pressure”? https://web.archive.org/web/20190505074740/https://www.38north.org/2019/05/tclement050319/ 05 May 2019 https://www.38north.org/2019/05/tclement050319/ w:38 North In particular, the recent opening of a bridge connecting the Chinese city of Jian (zh 集安) and the North Korean town of Manpho (ko 만포, zh 满浦) suggests that both the DPRK and China seem to be willing to open what would be a third economic cooperation corridor, in addition to the main Dandong-Sinuiju axis and the already existing Hunchun-Rason routes linking North Hamgyong Province with the Yanbian Korean Prefecture of Jilin Province. on en 03/29/2023 Eugene Whong Jeongeun Ji Jaewoo Park Satellite photos point to chemical plant’s role in North Korea’s nuclear program Malcolm Foster w:Radio Free Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20230329194229/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/unha-03292023150940.html March 29, 2023 https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/unha-03292023150940.html The report analyzed 514 satellite images that showed specialized chemical transport rail cars both at the plant, located near the city of Manpo on North Korea’s border with China, and at the Yongbyon nuclear facility about 155 kilometers (96 miles) to the southwest, highly suggesting that the chemicals made at the plant are transported to Yongbyon. Translations municipal city Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 滿浦 Korean: ko 만포 References Further reading en 1998 Manpo 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 1874 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1874/ 2