Jagang

English

Proper noun

Jagang

1. Alternative form of Chagang
   • 2012 December 30, Michael Sheridan, “Dam bluster: rant over leak at power plant killed tyrant Kim Jong il”, in The Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2021‎^[2]:

     The troubled dam is at Huichon No 2 power station in Jagang province, just over 100 miles northeast of Pyongyang.

   • 2019 April 12, Choe Sang-Hun, “Kim Jong-un Says He’s Open to Another Trump Meeting, With Conditions”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2019, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     To replace him, Mr. Kim chose Kim Jae-ryong, who has built his credentials as party boss of Jagang Province, which is home to many of the North’s munitions factories. The new premier is believed to be in his 60s.

   • 2019 May 31, Jane Chung, Hayoung Choi, Hyonhee Shin, “South Korea braces for African swine fever outbreak after North Korea case”, in Richard Pullin, Clarence Fernandez, editors, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 12 June 2019, World News‎^[6]:

     The outbreak was confirmed at a farm in Jagang province in North Korea near the country's border with China on May 25, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement. […]
     "Although the outbreak occurred in Jagang near North Korea's border with China, there is a possibility that the virus could spread to the South and we plan to carry out extra disinfection measures," Oh Soon-min, director general of the agriculture ministry said at a press briefing.

   • 2022 January 11, Min Joo Kim, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea, neighbors say”, in The Washington Post‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 December 2023, World‎^[8]:

     The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the suspected ballistic missile was fired from North Korea’s northern province of Jagang at 7:27 a.m. local time.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jagang.