Cheongju is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. The "Cheong" in the name of the province is the as in Cheongju.

Chung Woo-taik is a South Korean politician who served as the former Governor of North Chungcheong from 2006 to 2010. He is currently the Member of the National Assembly for Sangdang since 2022.