Taedong Bridge
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| Taedong Bridge | |
.jpg) Under the bridge 1988 | |
| Korean name | |
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Daedonggyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taedonggyo |
The Taedong Bridge is a bridge over the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea.[1]
The bridge was built by the Japanese and completed in 1905. It is one of Pyongyang's two oldest East-West connections via the Taedong Gang, along with the Yanggak Bridge, built in the same year.
1988 at the foot of the bridge
It was largely destroyed in the Korean War. After the invasion of Chinese troops in the winter of 1950, thousands of civilians fled to the rubble of the bridge to cross the river and as a result, several people were killed. The event was taken on December 5, 1950, by Associated Press photographer Max Desfor titled Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1951.
References
- ^ Corfield, Justin (2014). "Bridges". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. London: Anthem Press. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1.
39°00′44″N 125°45′25″E / 39.0122°N 125.7570°E
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