Other name: Chiha-ri Corporation (支下里商事), Chiha-ri Chemical Corporation (支下里化學商事), Chiha-ri Chemical Weapons Storage, Anbyŏn (安邊) Chemical Weapons Storage
Location: P'an'gyo-kun (板橋郡) or Anbyŏn-kun (安邊郡), Kangwŏn Province (江原道), North Korea. [Note: Although the Chiha-ri Materials Corporation is generally reported to be located in Anbyŏn-kun, Kangwŏn Province, the village of Chiha-ri is actually in P'an'gyo-kun, Kangwŏn Province. It is uncertain whether the firm is in Chiha-ri, P'an'gyo-kun, or if it is in Anbyŏn-kun.]
Subordinate to: Department of Materials (機材部), the Nuclear Chemical Defense Bureau (核化學防衛局), General Staff Department (人民軍總參謀部), Ministry of People's Armed Forces (人民武力部)
Primary Function: Chemical weapons storage
Description: The Chiha-ri Materials Corporation, along with the Maram Materials Corporation (마람資材商事), is responsible for the storage of chemical weapons. The firm manages the storage of solid and liquid chemical agents in underground tunnels and four-meter tanks, respectively.
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Updated April 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Chang Chun Ik, Pukhan Haek-Missile Chŏnjaeng, (Seoul: Sŏmundang, 1999), pp. 364, 368; "Pukhanŭi Hwasaengbangjŏn'nŭngnyŏk: Haekpang'wiguk Chiksok 8 Kae Chŏnt'udaedae," Chosun Ilbo, 13 June 1994, p. 4, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr/>; "Puk Haekhwahakpang'wiguk: Haeksaenghwahangmugi Ch'ongjihwi," Segye Ilbo, 21 May 1997, p. 17, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.com/ >; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., The Armed Forces of North Korea (New York: I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2001) p. 228.
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