[KS] A few short questions

[Ross King]

Hi Mark: 

> I have a short question regarding a place name in Korea.
>  "Chkholvon" pops up in
> one of Kathryn Weathersby's translations of
> Russian documents on the Korean War. I suppose it
> is a Russian rendition of a Korean place name.
> Does anyone know the Korean name?

This is almost certainly Chelwen (Yale), i.e., Ch'ŏrwŏn. 

Welcome to the fun of Korean in Cyrillic!

Ross



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Ross King
Professor of Korean, University of British Columbia
and 
Dean, Korean Language Village, Concordia Language Villages