Location: Taedonggang-dong (大同江洞), Taedonggang-kuyŏk (大同江區域), Pyongyang, North Korea

Telephone number: +850-2-621-2552

Subordinate to: Likely subordinate to one of the following three organizations: 1) Third Machine Industry Bureau (第3機械工業局), which is also known as the "Third General Bureau" (第3總局) and as the "Electronic Automation Bureau" (電子自動化總局), Second Economic Committee (第2經濟委員會), National Defense Commission (國防委員會); 2) Fourth Machine Industry Bureau (第4機械工業局), Second Economic Committee, National Defense Commission Second Economic Committee, National Defense Commission; or 3) Ministry of Metal and Machine-Building Industries (金屬機械工業省)

Primary Function: Production of cases for artillery shells and rockets

Description: According to North Korean defector Chang Hae Sŏng, his daughter, Chang Sŏng Suk, worked at the plant polishing shells or casings for rockets and/or artillery shells. The factory is above ground and surrounded by a wall, according to Chang. This facility is one of about 300 so-called "daily necessities workshops" that supply various parts and components for weapons. According to Chang, North Korea's energy problems have caused the factory to shut down several times, which indicates it is probably not an important production facility for Pyongyang's weapons programs.

	Updated April 2003

Key Sources:
Interview with North Korean defector Chang Hae Sŏng by Daniel A. Pinkston, senior research associate, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 15 December 2001, Seoul; Yu Sang Ch'ŏl, "T'anp'i Kongjang Ilgam'ŏps'ŏ Mundatgi Ilssu/Tu Mangmyŏngjaga Palghin Pukhansahoe," Joongang Ilbo, 1 June 1996, p. 8, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Kim Kwang In, "'Twaejigongjang' Sŏn Missile Saengsan," Chosun Ilbo, 11 February 2001; "'Pyongyang Pig Factory' Produces Missiles," Chosun Ilbo, 12 February 2001, <http://www.chosun.com>.