Location: Manp'o (滿浦市), Chagang Province (慈江道), 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
Primary Function: Production of civilian-related products including ammonia, sodium hydroxide, and sulfuric acid, with unknown production capacities for each; alleged production of CW agents including blister, blood, and tear agents
Description: There is a paucity of details concerning the alleged CW activity in Manp'o. None of the known chemical products at the Manp'o Chemical Factory is directly related to standard CW agent manufacture.
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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 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), p. 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.
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