Ongjin County may refer to:
Modo may refer to:
Hwanghae Province was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon era. Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Haeju. The regional name for the province was Haeseo.
Sinan County is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and 719 uninhabited islands. The number of islands in this county accounts for 25% of all islands in South Korea.
Yongchon may refer to several places in Korea. Because of North–South differences and various systems for the romanization of Korean, each of these place names has several possible English spellings.
Ongjin County is a county in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. It consists of a group of islands in the Yellow Sea.
Ongjin County is a county in southern South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It is located on the Ongjin Peninsula, which projects into the Yellow Sea.
Modo Island is a small island in Ganghwa Bay, off South Korea's west coast. It is part of Bukdo myeon, Ongjin County, Incheon Metropolitan City. Baemikkumi Sculpture Park is in the southern part of the island.
Ryongyŏn County is a county in western South Hwanghae province, North Korea. Its Yellow Sea coast is known for its natural environment and as an important habitat for plants and birds. Ryongyŏn was the first place in which Protestant Christianity was established in Korea, in the late 19th century.
The Battle of Ongjin Peninsula was a series of battles that occurred in Ongjin Peninsula between 25 and 26 June 1950 and was a part of the Operation Pokpung and Operation Western Region that marked the beginning of the Korean War. On 25 June, the Korean People's Army Ground Force (KPAGF) 3rd Guard Brigade, reinforced with the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division, launched a surprise attack on the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) 17th Infantry Regiment in Ongjin Peninsula, modern-day Ongjin and Kangryong. The battle ended on 26 June with a KPA victory, but many ROKs were able to escape from the peninsula.
Kangryŏng County is a county in the South Hwanghae province of North Korea.
Ongjin Airport(옹진비행장) is an airport in Ongjin, Hwanghae-namdo, North Korea.
Modo Island may refer to
Pyŏksŏng County is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea.
The Ongjin Line is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Haeju on the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Ongjin.
The Ongjin Bay Important Bird Area(옹진재두루미살이터) lies on the western coast of North Korea on the Yellow Sea, in Ongjin County, South Hwanghae. It comprises 3500 ha of wetlands, including rice paddies, and encompasses a 1000 ha protected area. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports significant populations of various birds, including swan geese, bean geese, greater white-fronted geese, Oriental storks, black-faced spoonbills, white-naped cranes, red-crowned cranes, long-billed plovers and Far Eastern curlews. It is threatened by aquacultural development.
Ongjin station is a railway station in Ongjin-ŭp, Ongjin County, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, on the Ongjin Line of the Korean State Railway.
The Chŏngdo Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Wangsin station on the Ongjin Line to Chŏngdo station.
Yangyang-class minesweeper is a ship class of minesweepers currently in service on the Republic of Korea Navy.