Kimch’aek

Kimch'aek is a North Korean town in the province Hamgyŏng - pukto with about 195,000 inhabitants. Until 1951 it was called Songjin and was then, during the Korean War after the fallen general of the Korean People's Army Kim Ch'aek who had spent in a village near the city of his childhood, renamed. The harbor of the city on the Japan Sea city is one of the most important in the country today. She is also a site of heavy industry.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ch'oe So- hae, korean writer
  • Pak Pong -ju, North Korean politician
  • Ri Jong -ok, North Korean politician
Revised Romanization of Korean McCune–Reischauer Korean People's Army Sea of Japan Pak Pong-ju
475609
de