Pyongyang

Proper noun

Pyongyang

1. The capital city of North Korea.
   • Within less than twenty days after landing at Fusan, Konishi, and Kato, Commander of the Second Contingent of the Japanese Army, occupied Seoul, and the Korean King fled to Pyongyang. The Japanese generals did not stop long in Seoul. Kato marched into the province of North Hamkyong and went as far...1913, “Japanese-Korean Relations after the Japanese Invasion of Korea in the XVIth Century.”, in I Yamagata, editor, Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume IV, number...
   • Forty-seven countries host a North Korean embassy, while 24 have an embassy in Pyongyang. Most of the countries that do not have an embassy in North Korea handle their diplomatic affairs with the country from their embassies in neighboring China or South Korea.2017 November 30, Alexander Pearson, “Which countries have diplomatic relations with North Korea?”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2017, News

   Synonyms:

   P'ing-jang, Pingjang, Pengyang

2. (metonymically) The North Korean government.
   • The US State Department said it welcomed talks between Pyongyang and Seoul on North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, despite a US lawmaker’s call for America to boycott the Games.2018 January 10, Zhenhua Lu, “US ‘welcomes’ softer tone on Korean Peninsula but watches Pyongyang warily”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2018, Asia
   • The sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lambasted South Korea’s foreign minister for casting doubt over Pyongyang’s claim that the country has no coronavirus cases. North Korea closed its borders in January to avoid a spread of the virus and has insisted that it has had no cases.2020 December 9, “South Korea questions Pyongyang’s claims to be virus-free”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020