Hoeryŏng was one of the six posts/garrisons (
Chosŏngŭl: 육진,
Hanja: 六鎭) established under the order of
Sejong the Great of Joseon (1418 - 1450) to safeguard his people from the potentially hostile semi-nomadic
Jurchens living north of the Yalu river. In 1952, some territories of Hoeryŏng (then a county), which included
myoen of Poŭl and parts of myoens of Yonghung and Pyŏksŏng, were incorporated into the then newly created Yusŏn county. After the 1974 incorporation of Yusŏn county, the Yusŏn region became a up and was renamed as Yusŏn worker's region. In early May 2007, the newly appointed
Prime Minister Kim Yong-il visited Hoeryŏng. At the time, the Prime Minister brought with him on his train one carriage worth of glass (made in South Korea) and 3 carriages worth of cement. After delivering the goods to the People's Committee of Hoeryŏng he ordered that the city of Hoeryŏng be decorated and adorned as much as a city where Mother Kim Jong Suk's birthplace should be. ==Administrative divisions==