Andong

alternative Antung

1. historicalSynonym of Dandong.

   Dandong was formerly Andong. A historic irony is that the military airport, railway, bridges, and roads which were used when the Chinese Army was invading the Korean peninsula are now being used for opening North Korea and promoting exchange with North Korea.

   1994 February 15 [1994 February 14], Chon Taek-won, “Background on Opening Zones”, in Daily Report: East Asia, number 94-031, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Seoul CHUNGANG ILBO 14 Feb 94 p 5 (from Beijing), translation of original in Korean, →ISSN, →OCLC, Northeast Asia, page 47, column 2

   2 more examples

   At the end of October, the Japanese army began a double-pronged invasion of China: one force was to cross the Yalu River and capture Jiulian and Andong (present Dandong, Liaoning); the other was to land troops at Liaodong Peninsula, occupy Jinzhou, and eventually take Dalian and Lüshun.

   中国通史纲要

   1982 [1980 November], “Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudal Society; The Old Democratic Revolution”, in Bai Shouyi [白寿彝], editor, An Outline History of China [中国通史纲要] (China Knowledge Series), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 472

   The construction of the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge at the Yalu River between North Korea and China sets another symbolic example of a constructed image of friendship. This place bustles with the fast-growing traffic of goods and raw materials moving between the two countries. This bridge connects the city of Dandong (former Andong), China’s border town in Liaoning Province, and Sinuiju, one of North Korea’s northernmost towns.

   2023 July 20, Anmol Mukhia, “Revisiting the case of ‘blood-brothers’: A constructivist approach in North Korea-China relations”, in Stosunki Międzynarodowe, volume 3, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026

   Synonyms: Dandong