Other Names: Ch'ŏngjin Chemical Fiber Factory (淸津化學纖維工場)
Location: Ch'ŏngjin (淸津市), North Hamgyŏng Province (咸鏡北道), North Korea
Subordinate to: 5th Machine Industry Bureau (第5機械産業總局), Second Economic Committee (第2經濟委員會) for chemical weapons production; and the Ministry of Chemical Industry (化學工業省) for civilian production
Size: Annual production capacity of 300 tons of pesticides; 10,000 tons of other chemical products, including carbonic acid, formalin (presumably formaldehyde), and phenol; and 30,000 tons of synthetic fiber; about 3,000 employees; at least one source claims this facility has a substantial production capacity for sulfuric acid, on the order of tens of thousands of tons per year.
Primary Function: Production of synthetic fiber, various chemical products, including carbonic acid, formalin (presumably formaldehyde), and phenol; possible production of sulfuric acid and CW agents, namely riot-control and blood agents
Description: According to Kim Wŏn Pong, director of the Northeast Asia Research Institute (北東亞問題硏究所) in Japan, and Osamu Eya, a Japanese journalist, claim this facility produces tear and blood agents.
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| Ch'ŏngjin Chemical Fiber Complex, photograph from Kumsu Kangsan (July 2000).[1] |
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Updated April 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Kim Wŏn Pong, Kitachosenjimingun no zenbo (Tokyo: Ariadone Kikaku, 1996), p. 127; Kim Wŏn Pong, Kitachosenjimingun no zenbo (Tokyo: Ariadone Kikaku, 1996), p. 127; Kim Won-pong, Kitachosen jinmingun no zensho [sic] (Tokyo: Ariadone Kikaku, 1996), p. 127, in "DPRK Factories Suspected of Producing Chemical Agents," FBIS Document ID: KPP20010216000106; Osamu Eya, Kimu Jon Iru Daizukan (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000), pp. 64-65; Osamu Eya, Kimu Jon Iru Daizukan (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000), pp. 64-65, in "Alleged Locations of DPRK Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare Facilities Mapped," 6 June 2001, FBIS Document ID: KPP20010606000075; Kim Yong Yun, Pukhan, December 1998, pp. 132-143, in "North Korean Chemical Industry," FBIS Document ID: FTS19981230001322; North Korea Information Bank, "Ch'ŏngjinhwahaksŏm'yu," Hyundai Research Institute, 2000, <http://www.nk-infobank.com/>.
[1] FBIS Report, "DPRK Photograph of Alleged CW Plant Published," 25 September 2000, in FBIS Document KPP20000925000106.
