Location: Kanggye (江界市), Chagang Province (慈江道), North Korea. [Note: This facility is located northeast of the September Textiles Factory, 2km southwest of a 105mm artillery test facility, and about 3km southeast of the No. 93 Factory, which produces 105mm artillery.]
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: Filling grenades with riot control agents; filling aerial bombs and artillery shells (80mm and larger) with CW agents; possible production of sarin nerve agent, mustard agent, and CS and CN tear gases
Description: Kanggye is one of two major sites for chemical weapons production in North Korea, the other being Sakchu. Analysts have reported that CW munitions are filled here and transported to responsible units in the Korean People's Army. Most of these reports are based solely upon defector accounts, which make it difficult to assess the types or amounts of chemical munitions that are produced and/or filled at this facility. Reconnaissance personnel from Unit 32 of the Korean Peoples Armys Nuclear and Chemical Defense Bureau are also based at the Kanggye Chemical Factory.
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Updated April 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Osamu Eya, Kimu Jon Iru Daizukan (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000), pp. 65, 148; "Puk Haekhwahakpangwiguk: 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. 225; Naewoe Tongshin, 23 March 1995, pp. E1-E3, in "Characteristics of DPRK Chemical Weapons Noted," FBIS Document ID: FTS19970508001832; Naewoe Tongshin, No. 903, 9 June 1994, pp. B1-B4, in Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Warfare Research Detailed, FBIS JPRS-TND-94-017, 8 September 1994, pp. 4-5.
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