port city and naval base located in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea
Wonsan (원산, 元山市) is a city in the Donghae Coast region of North Korea.
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This is a major port city, naval base and administrative capital of Kangwon Province. It is an area rarely visited by foreign tourists.
The siege of Wonsan during the Korean War was the longest in modern American naval history.
There are a few train stations connected to the rest of the country and to the capital Pyongyang, including 🌍 Wonsan Station and 🌍 Galma Station.
There is a ferry from Wonsan to Niigata in Japan called the Mangyongbong-92 that sails 20-30 times a year. It is generally restricted to Japanese nationals with a current family connection to North Korea. The crossing takes about 28 hours.
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The Kumgangsan mountain resort is close by.