Pyongyang

American  

[pyuhng-yahng, -yang, pyong-] / ˈpyʌŋˈyɑŋ, -ˈyæŋ, ˈpyɒŋ- /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of North Korea, in the SW part.

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Pyongyang British  

/ ˈpjɒŋˈjæŋ /

noun

1. the capital of North Korea, in the southwest on the Taedong River: industrial centre; university (1946). Pop: 3 284 000 (2005 est)

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Pyongyang Cultural  

1. Capital of North Korea and largest city in the country, located in west-central North Korea.

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Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city, but little remains from its three-thousand-year history, after successive devastations by Japan and in the Korean War.

Example Sentences

Khan visited Pyongyang to help with uranium enrichment, an alternative path to a bomb that North Korea pursued covertly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Diplomacy failed to stop Pyongyang from getting the bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Air China did not immediately reply to AFP when asked for details on the flight, including the number of passengers travelling from Beijing to Pyongyang.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

One waitress from Pyongyang told AFP she had been in China for over six years without returning home.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

As part of its Sunshine Policy, presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo- hyun attended summits with Kim Jong II in Pyongyang, approved massive shipments of food and fertilizer, and agreed to generous economic deals.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden