Meaning of Amnok | Babel Free

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Synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.

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“A very respectable employé assured me that as many as 1000 families had in the past ten years emigrated to the Chinese side of the Amnok, which is about five miles from the town, but the neighbourhood bore a flourishing appearance, and the population was said to be still increasing.”

“On December 27, 1910 Governor-General Terauchi was to attend a ceremony dedicating the railway bridge over the Amnok River.”

“North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that Joo was arrested on April 22 after trying to illegally enter North Korea by crossing the Amnok River from the Chinese border town of Dandong.”

“Ko, 53, said he was born in North Korea but fled the country in early 2013 to resettle in the South. He said he was later recruited by South Korea’s spy service for a mission to abduct children from the North. He said he was arrested May 27 on an island in the Amnok River which runs along the border between North Korea and China.”

“From a very young age, Han Song-i dreamed of becoming a star. Growing up in the northeast part of North Korea, she could observe China from the other side of the Amnok River. In those regions, North Koreans have greater access to imported goods and Chinese TV channels.”

“It left behind a spectacular caldera, with steep walls plunging down from the rim to the shores of Chonji crater lake -- Heaven Lake in English -- with the China frontier running through its placid blue waters. Made up of rainwater and snowmelt, it is the source of the two rivers that form the border, the Tumen running to the northeast and the Amnok to the southwest, known as the Yalu in China, where the mountain is called Changbaishan.”

“Yeonmi Park: So how did you plan that long- or like short journey for all of us here-, how did you go, I mean, which, I mean, river did you cross? Eunhee Park: So, I crossed the Amnok River- the Yalu River. And to go to China. But actually, my hometown is on the east coast of North Korea, so it is so dangerous across the border to go to South Korea directly. So I had to go to your hometown named Yanggang Province by train.”

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