Location: Northwestern part of Pyongyang. There are conflicting reports on the location of this facility. Some reports place the factory in Chung'i-dong (中二洞), Yongsŏng-kuyŏk (龍城區域), Pyongyang, and others place it in Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk (兄弟山區域), Pyongyang. Yongsŏng-kuyŏk and Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk are adjacent to each other, and Chung'i-dong is right next to Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk, which could be the cause for confusion. The South Korean Ministry of Unification reports that the factory is in "Chunggye-dong" (중계동), Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk, Pyongyang, but apparently there is no "Chunggye-dong" in Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk. There is a "Ch'ŏnggye-dong," which is nearby, but in Yongsŏng-kuyŏk.

Telephone number: (Pyongyang Pig Factory) +850-2-622-1711

Subordinate to: Fourth Machine Industry Bureau (第4機械工業局), which is also known as the "Fourth General Bureau" (第4總局) or the "Missile Bureau" (미사일總局), Second Economic Committee (第2經濟委員會), National Defense Commission (國防委員會)

Primary Function: Assembly and production of ballistic missiles and Silkworm anti-ship missiles

Description: According to North Korean defector Ch'oe Ju Hwal, this factory produces missiles, is located in Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk, Pyongyang, and is nicknamed the "Pyongyang Pig Factory." The press has reported that the No. 125 Factory produces Scud-B and Nodong ballistic missiles, and Silkworm surface-to-ship missiles. South Korean government sources say that visitors from Middle Eastern countries have been to this factory in connection with North Korean "Scud-B" (Hwasŏng-5) sales. [Note: Ch'oe admits in an interview that he has no direct knowledge of North Korean missile production or capabilities, and that others have provided him with missile-related information.]

	Updated April 2003

Key Sources:
Interview with Ch'oe Ju Hwal by Daniel A. Pinkston, senior research associate, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 9 April 2001; Seoul Kim Kwang In, "'Twaejigongjang'sŏn Missile Saengsan," Chosun Ilbo, 11 February 2001, <http://www.chosun.com/>; "'Pyongyang Pig Factory' Produces Missiles," Chosun Ilbo, 12 February 2001, <http://english.chosun.com>; Chŏng Ki Hae, "Kyŏngjenan'ŭi Bburi/Min'gan'gyŏngje Kalg'a'mŏknŭn Kunsusan'ŏp (A! Bungnyŏkdongp'o: 23)," Joongang Ilbo, 30 March 1995, p. 8, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; "Puk'e Missile Kongjang 4 Kot, Kiji 10 Kot Isang Itta," Cheju Ilbo, 26 March 1999, <http://www.chejunews.co.kr>; "Pukhan'ŭi Missile Kaebal Kunsa," Tongil News, 27 February 2001, <http://www.tongilnews.com>; "Sunch'ŏn.Kaech'ŏn'e Missile Kongjang," Joongang Ilbo, 10 January 2001, <http://www.joins.com/ >; KBS-1 Television Network (Seoul), 13 October 1995, in FBIS-EAS-95-198, 13 October 1995, pp. 49-50.