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2 unusual facts about Wonsan


2009 North Korean missile test

Missiles have been fired from the launch site at the port of Wonsan on the east coast of the country.

Cheorwon County

Cheorwon plays an important role in providing passage from Seoul to Wonsan and Kumgangsan


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Blockade of Wonsan

On October 19, the South Korean Army captured Pyongyang so instead of heading there the American army went north along the coast to occupy Hungnam and the Chosin Reservoir areas while the 3rd Infantry Division landed at Wonsan in November as reinforcements.

USS Walke was a destroyer, under Captain Marshall Thompson, of Task Force 77 which was by now assigned to naval operations in the Wonsan area.

Gyeongwon

Gyeongwon Line, railway line between Seoul, South Korea and Wonsan, North Korea

Sogwangsa

During the Japanese occupation, the temple, known under its Japanized name as ShakuĊ-ji, became a popular tourist destination on the Seoul-Wonsan railway.


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