Definition of "Hamhung"

Author, editor, memoirist, Hyun isn't exactly searching for his roots. Rather, at 70, he's trying to make sense of a life that began in the industrial city of Hamhung, near the east coast of what is now North Korea, and has somehow deposited him in New York and France.

1998 July 8, Don Kirk, “A Literary Wanderer, Far From North Korea”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on May 20, 2024, Style‎

Hamhung is North Korea’s second city. The birthplace of the founder of Korea’s Ri dynasty and the site of a famous battle during the Korean War, Hamhung has since developed into a spacious industrial city of around 750,000 inhabitants.

2008, Robert Willoughby, “East Coast to Tanchon”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides)‎, 2nd edition, page 175

It was unusual for a North Korean woman of her status to get a higher education. But my mother was such a good scholar that she was accepted at a college in the nearby city of Hamhung. If given a choice, she would have liked to have become a doctor. But only students from better families are allowed a say in what they will study.

2015, Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom‎ (Non-fiction), Penguin Books, page 33

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected the launch of what it presumed were two ballistic missiles at about 8 a.m. (2300 GMT) from near Hamhung, on the east coast of North Korea.

2022 January 26, “North Korea fires two missiles as U.S. condemns flurry of tests”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 28 January 2022, China