Other Names: Kanggye Chemistry Institute (江界化學硏究所), Kanggye Branch of the Academy of Defense Sciences (國防科學院江界分院)
Location: Kanggye (江界市), Chagang Province (慈江道), North Korea
Subordinate to: Either the Institute of Chemistry (化學硏究所), the Second Natural Science Academy (第2自然科學院), Ministry of People's Armed Forces (人民武力部), or the Academy of Sciences (科學院), Cabinet (內閣). [Note: The Second Natural Science Academy (第2自然科學院) was formerly called the Academy of Defense Sciences (國防科學院).]
Primary Function: Research, development, education, and training in applied chemistry
Description: Little data are available about the precise work conducted at this facility or about this facility's exact role in the development of chemical weapons.
[Note: The Institute of Chemistry's main center is in Yŏngsŏng-kuyŏk (龍城區域), Pyongyang, and two more branches are in Hamhŭng, North Hamgyŏng Province and in Shin'ŭiju, North P'yŏng'an Province.]
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Key Sources:
Yi Son-ho, Pukhan, November 1998, pp. 38-51, in "North Korea's Technology for the Development of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Its Ability," FBIS Document ID: FTS19981121000245; Federation of American Scientists, "Special Weapons Facilities, North Korea," 23 November 1999, <http://fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/facility/>; Osamu Eya, Kimu Jon Iru Daizukan (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000), p. 65; "Puk Haekhwahakbangwiguk: Haeksaenghwahakmugi Ch'ongjihwi," Segye Ilbo, 21 May 1997, p. 17, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.com/>; "Hwahakyŏn'gu Mecca 'Kukkakwahag'wŏn Hamhŭngbunwŏn'," Segye Ilbo, 20 August 1998, p. 22, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.com/>.
