Pyongsan County

P‘yŏngsan County 평산군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	平山郡
• McCune-Reischauer	P‘yŏngsan-kun
• Revised Romanization	Pyongsan-gun
Country	North Korea
Province	North Hwanghae Province

P‘yŏngsan County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.

P'yŏngsan county is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 2 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 20 ri (villages):

The North Korean Cental Government and Taipower are in negotiations about shipping nuclear waste to P‘yŏngsan. The deal was "worth US$75.66 million envisaged shipping 60,000 barrels of nuclear waste, and a further 14,000 barrels in the second stage, with a total value of $150 million and that the North Koreans were after the deal as a source of foreign exchange" but has run into difficulty when Taipower could not get an "export permit for the waste from the Taiwanese Atomic Energy Council". According to Huang Tien-huang, a Taipower official, North Korea blocked Taipower from viewing the processing site at P‘yŏngsan. Due to several issues, the final contract was not signed. However, North Korea (through its attorney, Tsai Hui-ling) is suing Taipower for breach of contract.

P‘yŏngsan county is served by the following stations of the Korean State Railway:

Pyongsan County is the location of Ep09 35:48 of the 2014 tvN series The Three Musketeers.

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