page_title: Riwon County
section_title: Name
hierarchical_section_title: Riwon County / Name
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo #: NH 97057 Iwon Landing, October-November 1950 Trucks move inland from the beaches, during the landing of the Seventh Infantry Division at Iwon, North Korea, circa late October 1950. Note fuel dump in the foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
context_page_description: Riwŏn or Iwon County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is located at the province's northeastern tip and borders the Sea of Japan to the southeast.
context_section_description: "Riwŏn" is the official North Korean romanization of the county's name, using the McCune–Reischauer system. The breve is often omitted. It is named for its seat, Riwon. Due to the silting of the mouth of the Namdae, Riwon was located a little inland by the 1950s, with a larger port named Kunsŏn. The two communities have since merged under the name Riwon. In South Korean sources, the county's name often appears as 이원, now officially romanized as Iwon using Revised Romanization. The MR romanization used before the year 2000 was Iwŏn.
caption: The US 7th Infantry Division—augmented by South Korean soldiers—landing at Riwon in late 1950.
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