Chongju

[ chuhng-joo ]

noun

1. a city in central South Korea.

Example Sentences

There were several dozen fatalities in central and southern regions of South Korea, including the Chongju region where an underpass flooded and drowned motorists who became trapped in their submerged vehicles.

From Washington Times

There were several dozen fatalities in central and southern regions of South Korea, including the Chongju region where an underpass flooded and drowned motorists who became trapped in their submerged vehicles.

From Seattle Times

Thirteen bodies have so far been brought out of the tunnel in the central, mountainous region of Chongju.

From BBC

At Chongju, a group of weeping women told Baker's dust-stained men that the Reds in the town were holding their husbands and families as hostages and that all would be killed if the tanks continued their advance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 24th, which had pushed one spearhead to within 14 miles of the mouth of the Yalu River, promptly pulled back nearly 50 miles to the west coast town of Chongju.

From Time Magazine Archive