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Wonsan , Jap. Gensan, city (1993 pop. 300,148), capital of Kangwon prov., SE North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a major port and naval base, with a natural harbor protected by a line of islands. The city has important fish and fish-processing industries. Oil refining, rice processing, and the manufacture of locomotives, textiles, ships, chemicals, and leather goods are also important. Opened to foreign trade in 1883, Wonsan became a Japanese naval base in World War II. It suffered heavy damage during the Korean War.

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Wonsan a port and naval base on the Sea of Japan in southeastern North Korea. Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered an amphibious assault on the city in order to get a site offering a better chance at efficient logistical support than Pusan or Inchon. The Tenth Corps landed and was scheduled to meet the Eighth Army inland as they marched north from Seoul. The assault was a success, but North Korean forces had sown the harbor with mines, and many minesweepers were lost in attempts to find and destroy them.

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