Location : Ch'ŏngjin (淸津市), North Hamgyŏng Province (咸鏡北道), North Korea

Subordinate to: Fourth Machine Industry Bureau (第4機械工業局), which is also known as the "Fourth General Bureau" (第4總局) or the "Missile Bureau" (미사일總局), Second Economic Committee (第2經濟委員會), National Defense Commission (國防委員會)

Size: Approximately 4,000 workers

Primary Function: Production of SA-7 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and anti-tank missiles

Description: According to a South Korean press report, North Korea established a factory in Ch'ŏnjin in 1979 for the production of SA-7 SAMs, which North Korea first received from the Soviet Union in 1974. The press report does not identify the factory name, but is apparently the same factory that Bermudez identifies as the "East Sea Light Electric Factory." According to Bermudez, the factory also produces guided anti-tank missiles. According to North Korean defector, An Yŏng Ch’ŏl, Kim Jong Il ordered the increase in production of surface-to ship missile in 2000. An says that as a result of Kim’s order, a facility in Ch'ŏngjin began mass production of “230mm surface-to-ship missiles.” However, the specific system designation is unknown.

	Updated June 2003

Key Sources:
Oh T'ae Jin, "Puk, 87 Nyŏnbut'ŏ Scud Yŏn 50 Ki Saengsan/Missile Poyu Panggongshisŏl Hyŏnhwang," Chosun Ilbo, 3 February 1991, p. 5, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Joseph S. Burmudez, Jr., The Armed Forces of North Korea (New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001), p. 284; “Dappokushougun no saikoukimitsu: ‘Tairyouhakaiheki • chikayousai’ no zenbou,” Gekkan Gendai, 1 June 2003, pp. 28-40; “DPRK: ‘Ex-General’ Describes Underground Military Bases to Japan Journal—GRAPHIC,” Gendai (sic), 1 June 2003, pp. 28-40, FBIS Document ID: JPP 2003051400084.