Seonju

Sŏnju, later known as Sŏnch'ŏn, lies on the route between P'yŏngyang and the Yalu frontier. Under Koryŏ it was a fortified district, renamed Sŏnju in 1020. Its people were moved to an island during the Mongol invasions and returned to the mainland in 1261. In 1592 King Sŏnjo stopped here for a day while fleeing toward Ŭiju; in 1811 Hong Kyŏngnae's rebels captured the town.