The British and subsequent Foreign Treaties with Korea stipulated for the opening of a further Treaty Port, Yang-hwa-chin on the river Han, as a river-port for the capital. If the steam-traffic on the Han is developed, Yong-san or Byong-san, which is only three miles from Söul, might be selected. The greatest advantage would result to the country from the opening of Pyong-yang on the Taidong river, which is only served by small native steamers and junks.
1920, Anabel Major Nisbet, “The Preparation (1892-1899)”, in Day In and Day Out in Korea: Being some account of the mission work that has been carried on in Korea since 1892 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States[2], Presbyterian Committee of Publications, →OCLC, page 15:
“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church,” and the first Protestant missionary to enter Korea, gave his life on the banks of the Taidong River. A Scotch Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. Thomas, was a colporteur of the Scotch Bible Society, and in 1865, he came to Pyengyang on the “General Sherman.” This ill-fated vessel approached the Korean shores in September, and despite numerous warnings sailed up the Taidong River as far as Pyengyang.
1946, Florence D. David, “An Ancient Buffer State”, in Our Neighbors the Koreans (World Horizons Series)[3], New York: Field Afar Press, →OCLC, page 35:
The most bloody of all the persecutions broke out in 1866. Thousands of Korean Christians were slain, together with two French bishops and seven of their priests. In that same year, the Koreans massacred the crew of the General Sherman, an American vessel that had persisted in sailing up the Taidong River to Pyengyang, where it had run aground.
1979, Jae Kyu Park, Jung-Gun Kim, “Introduction”, in Jae Kyu Park, Jung Gun Kim, editors, The Politics of North Korea (IFES Research Series)[4], number 12, Seoul: The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2:
Legend also has it that the territory of Chosun covered the river basin area along the Taidong river and the neighboring lands (around the present capital of North Korea-Pyong Yang).
