| Last Updated: | March 23, 2003 |
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| Other Name: | 32부; Unit 32 |
| Location: | Nuclear Chemical Defense Bureau (핵화학방위국), Ministry of People's Armed Forces Building Number Eight (인민부력부 8호청사), Sŏsŏng-kuyŏk (서성구역), Pyongyang (평얃시), North Korea |
| Subordinate To: | Nuclear Chemical Defense Bureau (핵화학방위국), General Staff Department (인민군총참모부), Ministry of People's Armed Forces (인민무력부) |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Unknown |
There is very little open source information about this unit, but it is reportedly involved in the development of chemical warheads.
Sources:
[1] Chang Chun Ik, Pukhan Haek-Missile Chŏnjaeng, (Seoul: Sŏmundang, 1999), pp. 361, 434; Ch'oe Yŏng Jae, "Mi'gug'ŭi Pukhan Saenghwahangmu'gi Appak Chŏllyak," Shindonga, January 2002, www.donga.com.
[2] Choe Yong-chae, Shindonga, January 2002, pp. 300-313, in "US Strategy Pressuring DPRK on Biological, Chemical Weapon," FBIS Document ID: KPP20011220000016.
[3] Lee Chae Sŭng, "Hwahakchŏn'ŭn 'Haekhwahakpangwiguk' Sŏ Chudo," Segye Ilbo, 19 April 1995, p. 23, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr.
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