Other Names: Central Chemical Distributing Agency (中央化學補給所)
Location: Possibly Hwangch'on (黃村), Pyongyang (平壤市), North Korea. [Note: Hwangch'ŏn's location is unknown, but it could be an old place name in the Pyongyang area.]
Subordinate to: Maram and Chiha-ri Materials Corporations ( 마람･支下里資材商事), 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)
Size: One underground storage facility, 25 storage tanks, about 30 chemical transport vehicles, and about 30 storage buildings
Primary Function: Chemical weapons storage
Description: This is one of six reported chemical weapons storage facilities. The site has been associated with CW supply for the III Corps of the Korean People's Army.
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Key Sources:
Chang Chun Ik, Pukhan Haek-Missile Chŏnjaeng, (Seoul: Sŏmundang, 1999), pp. 365-366, 461; Kim Wŏn Pong, Kitachosenjimingun no zenbo (Tokyo: Ariadone Kikaku, 1996), p. 128; Kim Won-pong, Kitachosen jinmingun no zensho [sic] (Tokyo: Ariadone Kikaku, 1996), p. 128, in "DPRK Factories Suspected of Producing Chemical Agents," FBIS Document ID: KPP20010216000106; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., The Armed Forces of North Korea (New York: I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2001), p. 228; "Pukhan Saenghwahangmugi Taeryang Saengsan: An'gibu Kukkamjaryo," Taehan Maeil, 24 October 1992, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.co.kr/>.
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