Sunch'ŏn (Korean pronunciation: [sun.tsʰʌn]) is a city in South Pyongan province, North Korea.

In 1413, the name of the city became Sunchon, due to a renaming rule in the early Joseon, where 'ju (州)' were changed to 'chon (川)' and became Sunchon-gun.

Sunch'ŏn-si is divided into 21 tong (neighbourhoods) and 11 ri (villages): The city has a thermal power station, the Sunchon Thermal Power Plant, which has an estimated installed capacity of 20 MW,[2] although in 2009, it generated only on average 10 MW over the year.

[3] For the 80 day campaign of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, it was reported that the generation equipment at this power station had been overhauled and restored to its original state.

This was extensively developed after liberation and the city now plants beans, corn, rice and barley.