Pyeongyang

Average North Koreans had little time for the news except maybe those enjoying cushy jobs in Pyeongyang.

2006, Richard Saccone, “Becoming Familiar with My New Home”, in Living with the Enemy: Inside North Korea, Hollym, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42

Pyeongyang, the leading urban center in the Pyeongan Province, is the capital of North Korea and Nampo serves as the gateway port to Pyeongyang.

2010 May, “Introduction”, in The Geography of Korea, National Geographic Information Institute, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28

Of course, it’s fun to laugh and poke fun at people like Kim Jong-Un and his merry band of boneheads. But at the end of the day, he is a real dictator doing some shady things we often turn a blind eye to, probably because no one has yet discovered massive oil deposits outside the capital of Pyeongyang.

2015, Andrew Gillmore, “Kim Jong-Un and the Merry Band of Boneheads”, in The Red Fish Project: A uniquely honest account of living abroad, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 148

Although relations between the two adversaries were frayed on occasion, Pyeongyang and Washington were able to negotiate and reach a compromise on the key issues that divided them.

2006, Koh Yu-hwan, “Assessment of the Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks”, in Alfonso Ojeda, Alvaro Hidalgo, editors, North Korea and Regional Security, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45

With regards to North Korean special envoy Choi Ryong-hae’s visit to China last month, the Global Times, one of China’s official news media said, “No matter what the purpose of the trip is, Beijing has to put pressure on Pyeongyang so that it can control its own actions.”

2013 June, Park Jung-hwan, quoting Choi Ryong-hae, “Expectations for President Park Geun-hye's State Visit to China”, in Business Korea, volume 31, number 341, →OCLC, page 6