Kangdong County

For other uses, see Gangdong.
Kangdong County
강동군
County
Korean transcription(s)
  Hanja 江東郡
  McCune-Reischauer Kangdong-gun
  Revised Romanization Gangdong-gun
Country North Korea
Province Pyongyang

Kangdong County, is one of Pyongyang's four suburban counties. In 1983 it was separated from South P'yongan Province and assumed direct governance by the Pyongyang City People's Committee. It is bordered by Sŏngch'ŏn-gun (Songchon County), South P'yongan in the north and east, Sŭngho-guyŏk (Sungho District) from the south and the Taedong River from the west.

Kangdong-gun is best known as the location of the supposed Tomb of King Tangun, the Revolutionary Site at Ponghwa-ri. Kim Jong-un's Kangdong Residence[1] is located near the banks of Taedong River.[2] The northeastern part of the county hosts the offices and facilities of the Second Economic Committee, which is the DPRK's weapons industry. Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 is a large reeducation camp in the south eastern part of Kangdong-gun.[3]

References

  1. "The Palaces of Pyongyang on Google Earth". One Free Korea. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  2. "KWP Leadership Compound: Kangdong Residence". Wikimapia. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. "The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity in North Korea’s Vast Prison System (p. 109, p. 226)" (PDF). The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

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