Wonsan
Proper noun
Meaning
Wonsan
A city in North Korea.
Examples
“Its one of his favourite houses,” said Michael Madden, a North Korea leadership expert at the U.S.-based Stimson Center, who has compared Mr. Kim’s affinity for Wonsan to U.S. President Donald Trump's favoured resort, Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
Kim’s seaside compound in Wonsan, on the country’s east coast, is dotted with guest villas and serviced by a private beach, basketball court, and private train station, according to experts and satellite imagery.
He is believed to be waiting out the Covid storm in the resort town of Wonsan.
Since April 21, the 820-foot-long train has been parked at the Wonsan compound, and it was repositioned for departure on April 23. The train was not present on April 15.
In one Instagram post, Spavor is seen with Kim in a 2013 photo, sharing Long Island Iced Teas on the North Korea dicatator’s private yacht in Wonsan, North Korea.
The beachfront area is where Kim spent summers as a child, though he often travels by plane or drives to Wonsan.