Wonsan

After graduating from a Seoul university, Park's brother settled in the North Korean coastal town of Wonsan as a dentist in 1946. After the war broke out, Park was told by a co-worker that his brother refused to flee to the South because he had a family in the North and was a surgeon in the North Korean army. Park fought for the South as a student soldier and was among the allied troops who took over Wonsan in October 1950. The U.S.-led forces advanced farther north in the following weeks before being driven back by a mass of Chinese forces after Beijing intervened in the conflict.

2018 August 20, “After decades apart, South Koreans head to North for family reunions”, in France 24, sourced from NEWS WIRES, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2018, Asia / Pacific

The boat's 15 Russian and two South Korean crew members were detained in the port of Wonsan and faced accusations of entering North Korean territorial waters without permission.[…] "At 19:30, the vessel left the Wonsan port's pier and headed to Sokcho (South Korea), where two South Korean crewmembers will come ashore," it said.

2019 July 28, “North Korea frees Russian fishing boat: Moscow”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2019, News

On Wednesday, the South Korean military announced the detection of the launch of several unidentified cruise projectiles from the port city of Wonsan, in the east of the neighboring country, the fifth such North Korean test so far this year.

2024 February 15, “North Korea’s Kim supervises test launch of new surface-to-sea missile: state media”, in EFE, sourced from Seoul, Feb 15 (EFE), archived from the original on 15 Feb 2024, Other news