Pyongyang in a sentence

The Pyongyang Trolley Bus Factory reportedly produced their battery-powered engines, the Pyongyang Bus Factory its axles, and the Pyongyang Transport Technology Research Center contributed help on their electrical components.

North Korea has two AM radio broadcasting networks, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station ( Radio Pyongyang ) and Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and one FM network, Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station.

According to regular visitors to Pyongyang, they are influencing hairstyles in Pyongyang and making high heels, cosmetics, and shorter skirts permissible.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With all the international attention focused on Singapore and the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang must be buzzing with excitement, right?

The foreign ministry has been wedded to the EU’s “critical engagement” policy vis-a-vis Pyongyang, and though they preferred the “engagement” bit, Pyongyang’s actions made the “critical” bit unavoidable.

You can’t have so many emissaries going back and forth, between Pyongyang and New York, between Washington and Singapore, between Pyongyang and Singapore, between Manila and Panmunjeom, without thinking these guys are serious, something’s up.

Another local specialty, Pyongyang onban (literally "warm rice of Pyongyang"), comprises freshly cooked rice topped with sliced mushrooms, chicken, and a couple of bindaetteok (pancakes made from ground mung beans and vegetables).

This includes following local Party guidance as channeled through the Pyongyang Party Committee, the distribution of resources prioritized to Pyongyang, and providing support to KWP and internal security agency personnel and families.

According to Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency, Kim oversaw a three-day practice that included mock nuclear weapon explosions and simulated nuclear counterattacks against enemy naval assets and ports.

Allies are returning to large-scale drills as a warning to Pyongyang after records of missile launches from North Korea last year and South Korea’s elimination of anti-Bande operations.

Although the allies argue that the field exercises are intended for planning their response to a potential North Korean attack, Pyongyang consistently denounces them as a rehearsal for invasion and has in the past countered with missile launches.

A meeting between Kim Jong-un and CIA director Mike Pompeo in North Korea's capital Pyongyang led to the duo joking about attempts on the world leader's life.

And he said the United States has tried repeatedly to have an unconditional dialogue with Pyongyang but it has refused.

A nuclear test is a red line for Beijing, and Pyongyang needs economic aid from China to deal with its thorny economic situation.

Any meeting could take place in the Pacific city of Vladivostok, which is relatively close to North Korea, and would come after Russia's minister of defence visited Pyongyang in the summer for talks with Kim.

A separate statement said Kim Jong visited Pukjung Machine Complex, which produces marine engines, and a major munitions factory to stress the importance of strengthening Pyongyang's naval forces.

A State Department spokesperson declined to comment on any potential economic boost that North Korea is seeing from munition sales to Russia, but said the US remained concerned that Pyongyang will deliver more military equipment to the Wagner Group.

Earlier this week, South Korea called Pyongyang its "enemy" in a defense document -- the first time in six years it has used the term, signaling a further hardening of Seoul's position.

He also said Moscow could help Pyongyang build satellites — after the North failed twice recently to put a military spy satellite into orbit.

He dodged the issue, however, of military cooperation, saying only that Russia is abiding by the sanctions prohibiting procuring weapons from Pyongyang.