They then began the march to Seoul. Ai-chiu was the first town taken, and then, after crossing the Ching-chong River, followed in succession the cities lining the high road to Ping-an.]
NOTE.—Anju is on the great highroad which runs the length of Corea, chiefly near the west coast, and is 50 miles north of Ping-Yang and southeast of Wiju, on the Yalu river. The Ching-Chong river is the northernmost large stream in Corea at the west side of the peninsula, flowing parallel with the Yalu and about 70 miles from it. Just south of the river and parallel with it runs a high mountain range from the west coast to the center of the peninsula, with only one good pass through it, at Souk-Chyon, by which passage is made between Anju and Ping-Yang. These conditions make the line of the Ching-Chong a particularly strong one strategically, and may serve as the first great line of Japanese operations in Corea.]
1950 November 13, “Chinese Calendar”, in Newsweek[4], volume XXXVI, number 20, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 1:
By this week what General MacArthur diplomatically called the “alien Communist forces” from “across the Yalu” had made the Eighth Army withdraw from 9 to 50 miles back to the Chongchon River. But at least the United Nations forces had escaped “a possible trap ... surreptitiously laid” and averted “any possibility of a great military reverse.”
[1976, Dean Alexander Arnold, American Economic Enterprises in Korea, 1895-1939[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 398:
The Chorrie reservoir held enough water to run the 500 kilowatt turbine generator at capacity for 120 days. Water from the Ching-chong river supplied the plant for 150 days.]
In the fierce fighting, B Company, which was under strength, was reduced to 34 soldiers. Among the survivors holding a hilltop adjacent to the Chongchon River was a defiant black, an enlisted man, who wielded a Browning automatic rifle and was destined that night to earn a Silver Star.
2003 July 8, Robert Burns, “N. Korea OKs Talks on U.S. Servicemen”, in AP News[8], archived from the original on 2023-08-06[9]:
The U.S. search for remains has focused on former battlefields in the vicinity of the Chongchon River, north of Pyongyang, and in the Chosin Reservoir area, scene of some of the most savage fighting of the war in late November and early December 1950.
He was 20 years old in late 1950 when Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United Nations' forces in South Korea, launched the "Home by Christmas" offensive. The goal was to evict Chinese forces from the country and end the Korean War. The Chinese had other ideas, launching a counteroffensive that left the entire 8th Army — including Rangel's beloved 2nd Infantry Division — encircled at Kunu-ri, located near the Chongchon River by the Chinese border.
2015 February 12, “Decoding North Korea's fish and mushroom slogans”, in BBC News[12], archived from the original on 14 February 2015[13]:
North Korea has published 310 new patriotic slogans (see full list below) - so what do they say, what do they mean and what do they tell us about the leadership in Pyongyang, asks Alison Gee?[…] For the full list of slogans, read on:[…] Complete with credit the construction of the multi-tier power stations on the Chongchon River until the 70th anniversary of Party founding!
The Mundok Reserve, which lies at the mouth of Chongchon River on North Korea's west coast, is an important habitat for such endangered migratory birds as the red-crowned crane, hooded crane and swan goose.
2018 May 19, Jong Hwa Sun, “Gravity-fed waterway project makes brisk headway”, in The Pyongyang Times[17], number 20 (3 004), →OCLC, Construction, page 3, columns 1, 2:
To cope with such a situation a waterway project for linking the Chongchon River with the Phyongnam irrigation system is going on to irrigate the plain with the river water. When the long gravity-fed waterway is completed, the Chongchon emptying into the sea through hydropower stations built in tiers along the river will supply water to tens of thousands of hectares of farm fields and help preserve the ecological environment of the area around the picturesque Lake Yonphung, while bringing big economic profits.
2018 September 10, Phil Stewart, “First two U.S. troops from North Korean remains identified”, in Paul Tait, David Stamp, editors, Reuters[18], archived from the original on 2023-08-06, WORLD NEWS[19]:
The remains of both servicemembers came from the same 1950 battlegrounds near the Chongchon River in what is present-day North Korea. U.S. troops suffered heavy casualties there against Chinese forces that had intervened in the war.
2020 September 19, “Memorial hall commemorating Korean War reopens in China”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency[20], archived from the original on 2022-01-27[21]:
Covering a total area of 182,000 square meters, it consists of an exhibition hall, a memorial tower, a national defense education park, and a panorama hall featuring a panoramic painting of 132.15 meters long and 16 meters tall, which depicts the famous battle of the Chongchon River in the war.
2021 April 30, Dan Lamothe, “He mentored decades of Army Rangers. At 94, he’ll receive the Medal of Honor.”, in The Washington Post[22], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-28, Military[23]:
The clash that then-1st Lt. Ralph Puckett and his soldiers experienced that night on “Hill 205” came at the outset of the Battle of the Chongchon River, a pivotal moment in which senior U.S. commanders were surprised by China’s full-scale entry into the Korean War.
2022 November 26, Ben Jiang, Coco Feng, Iris Deng, “Inside Foxconn’s ‘iPhone City’: how Apple’s biggest contractor fell victim to China’s zero-Covid policy”, in South China Morning Post[24], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-26, Big Tech[25]:
Mei went so far as to compare the significance of the “Foxconn battle” to the Battle of Chongchon River in the Korean war in 1950, when the Chinese army thwarted an offensive mounted by UN forces under General Douglas MacArthur.
