South Hamgyong

The course of the Yalu river traverses a track of country ranging from 124 20' to 128 40' E. Long. and from 39 50' to 42 15, N. Lat., the course of its main stream affording a boundary line on the south-western side of Changpai Mountain (長白山), dividing the southern parts of Liaoning Province from the Korean provinces Kankyo Nando (咸鏡南道) and Hsian Hokudo (平安北道).

[1931, Wu Lien-teh, editor, Manchurian Plague Prevention Service Reports 1929-1930, volume VII, pages 208–209

Kim Jae Ru, a 67-year-old member of the Korean Workers' Party, worked for decades at the vast mine in Kumdug in South Hamgyong province. As the only major mine operating in North Korea, it received a healthy ration of donated food, a mixture of 80 percent corn and 20 percent rice.

2000 February 19, John Pomfret, “N. Korean Refugees Insecure In China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024, page A01

A child nutrition survey in 2012 carried out by North Korea with U.N. assistance showed results in North Hamgyong province, which abuts Jilin, that appeared better in some cases than in South Hamgyong, next to Pyongyang. The usual assumption is that North Koreans live better the closer they are to Pyongyang.

2013 April 15, John Ruwitch, Charlie Zhu, “China's freeway to North Korea: A road to nowhere”, in Dean Yates, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2024, World

The projectiles were launched from Sondok, in South Hamgyong Province on the North’s east coast, and flew northeast before falling in waters between the North and Japan, South Korean defense officials said.

2020 March 8, Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Launches Multiple Projectiles in Weapons Test, South Korea Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2020, Asia Pacific

As North Korea's premier toured South Hamgyong, as much as 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of new rain fell in some areas of North Hamgyong province on Wednesday, state broadcaster KRT reported.

2021 August 12, “North Korea: Heavy flooding destroys homes, farmland”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2021, News