Haeju

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Etymology

From Korean 해주(海州) (Haeju).

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Haeju

  1. A city in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
    • 2007 October 5, Norimitsu Onishi, “Korean Summit Results Exceed Low Expectations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 11, 2008, Asia Pacific‎:
      According to the declaration, the South will build a special economic zone in Haeju, a port town in southwestern North Korea, and establish a joint fishing area in nearby disputed waters in the Yellow Sea. The two sides will also work to establish joint use of a nearby river and shipping routes in waters that have long been the focal point of military clashes between the Koreas, most recently in 2002.
      Haeju is not far from the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the economic zone already established inside the North by South Korea.
    • 2010 April 1, “Winter chill turns deadly as snow blankets much of Asia”, in France 24, sourced from AFP, archived from the original on July 09, 2022, Asia / Pacific‎:
      The South Korean weather office said snow also fell in North Korea, with at least eight centimetres reported in the western port of Haeju.
    • 2015, Donald A. Bertke, Don Kindell, Gordon Smith / Naval-History.net, World War II Sea War, 1st edition, volume 8, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 372:
      3 FEBRUARY 1943 []
      IJN cargo ship YAMADORI MARU (2904grt) arrived at Kaishu (Haizhou), Chosen (now Haeju, North Korea). She began to load 1,900 tons of cement.
    • 2017 October 1, Joby Warrick, “A North Korean ship was seized off Egypt with a huge cache of weapons destined for a surprising buyer”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 02, 2017, National Security‎:
      Seaworthy or not, the ship set sail from the port city of Haeju, North Korea, on July 23, 2016, with a 23-manned North Korean crew that included a captain and a political officer to ensure communist-party discipline on board.
    • 2022 June 16, “North Korea sees outbreak of unidentified disease amid COVID wave”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on June 16, 2022, News‎:
      South Hwanghae Province, where Haeju is located, is North Korea's key agricultural region.

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  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Haeju”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 743, column 2:(hǎʹjo͞oʹ), Jap. Kaishu or Kaisyu [] Sometimes spelled Haiju.

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