Pohang

Pohang, city and port, North Gyeongsang do (province), eastern South Korea. A fishing and shipping port, it lies on the eastern side of Yeongil Gulf, about 50 miles (80 km) east-northeast of Daegu, the provincial capital. Formerly a small village, it began to develop after 1930 with the construction of a modern harbor by reclamation of the shoreline and diversion of the Hyeongsan River to the south of the city. The surrounding plains produce various...