Taedong

Proper noun

Taedong

1. The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.
   • Mr. Oh, who now lives in Seoul, knows that his parents have died — they would have been over 100 by now — but he found out only this month that his two sisters were alive in North Korea. And his kid brother, the little rascal he taught to swim in the Taedong River in Pyongyang, is also alive.2010 October 29, Mark McDonald, “After 6 Decades of Separation in Korea, a Meeting”, in The New York Times, sourced from SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2023...
   • One project that has recently been completed is the Munsu Water Park (purportedly shown above in a picture from the KCNA news agency), which was described as a "monumental edifice for the people," on the banks of the Taedong River in Pyongyang.2013 November 1, Julian Ryall, “Splashy Kim”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 May 2021, Asia

   Synonyms:

   Daido, Datong, Tatung, Taedonggang