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 | | The entrance to Chonho-dong village in Sokcho City, Kangwon Province is also known as "Abai Village." "Abai" is a Hamgyong provincial dialect word meaning "friends." Three aged villagers, all refugees from Hamgyong province; Lee Chu-son, 76; Yo Sok-chang, 73; and Pak Im-hak, 71 were exchanging greetings in a strong Hamgyong dialect. |
 | | Abai Village is the largest North Korean refugee settlement in the country and according to figures tabulated by Donghwa Research Institute, of the village's 1,155 households, 800 numbering 3,437 people are refugees from the North. |
 | | Newly emerged in Chonho-dong are "Sinpo Village," where refugees from Sinpo Town, Pukchong County, South Hamgyong Province converged; "Yonghung Village," grouping people from Yonghung County of the same province, and "Cchakkochi Village," where people from Sokhu Township, Pukchong County reside in a group. |
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