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	Ryongchon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ryongchon or Yongchon (룡천, 용천, 龍川) is a locality in North Korea.
		Ryongchon is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the border with China.
		On April 22, 2004, the town was hit by a major disaster when a flammable cargo exploded at the town's railway station, causing widespread death and destruction, known as the Ryongchon disaster.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/r/ry/ryongchon.html (160 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Ryongchon disaster
		The Ryongchŏn disaster was a train disaster that occurred in the town of Ryongchŏn, North Korea near the border with China on April 22, 2004.
		The disaster occurred when a flammable cargo exploded at the railway station at about 1300 local time (0400 UTC).
		If the incident did involve a train collision, it has been suggested that the cause of the accident was a miscommunication related to the changes in train timetables due to Kim Jong-il's itinerary.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Ryongchon_disaster (1031 words)

	Dynamite blamed for train blast - North Korea - www.theage.com.au
		A Foreign Ministry official in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, said the disaster was caused by dynamite intended for use in an irrigation canal.
		While the disaster so far seems to have been an accident, it will increase Mr Kim's fear of assassination either by external enemies or domestic rivals to the bizarre family leadership cult that has remained in power since the death of his father, regime founder Kim Il Sung, a decade ago.
		Ryongchon is a railway centre about 50 kilometres south of the "Friendship Bridge" across the Yalu River, on the main railway line to Pyongyang.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/23/1082616328558.html (834 words)

	Ryongchon - Nuclear Trigger for American Conscription?
		During the 'United Nations' Korean War of the fifties, the Ryongchon railway marshalling yards were critically important to the North Koreans, as the primary route for re-supply from its primary backer China.
		Ryongchon and nearby Sinuiju were subjected to countless bombing raids by the Americans, as were the railway bridges over the Yalu River, and North Korea's major K-30 airbase, located just a few miles away and responsible for using its Mig-15 fighters to repel American bomber attacks.
		When the tactical nuke exploded in Ryongchon railway marshalling yards, the first job for Chinese Intelligence was that of working out the most likely attacker, which of course was not a very complex problem.
	www.vialls.com /wecontrolamerica/ryongchon.html (3610 words)

	[Editorial] May Ryongchon Improve Relations : English Editorials : Internet Hankyoreh
		Two days after the disaster in Ryongchon, North Korea has begun asking for help from the international community, quickly disclosing information about the cause of the accident and the scale of the damage.
		Ryongchon is a center of transport and trade and that by itself factored for a heavy number of casualties, but it is particularly sad to learn that many children from the nearby elementary school died as well.
		As confirmed again in the disaster in Ryongchon, most of North Korea's social infrastructure is old and worn.
	www.hani.co.kr /section-001100000/2004/04/001100000200404252220001.html (330 words)

	Pyongyang Square - guest column
		The Ryongchon rail disaster led to a massive rise in the column inches devoted to North Korea in the international press.
		The true disaster behind insisting that floods caused the famine was that this indicated that neither economic or agricultural planning or methodology was to blame and therefore didn't need to be changed.
		The Ryongchon rail disaster was not an isolated incident and neither is the devastation caused by flooding.
	www.pyongyangsquare.com /guest.html (8237 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| New theory on N Korea rail blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A picture is beginning to emerge in North Korea of the scale of Thursday's rail disaster close to China's border.
		State television in North Korea has not reported the disaster, concentrating instead on the visit by the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, to China.
		Ryongchon has a population of 130,000, and is a manufacturing and transport centre.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3651705.stm (749 words)

	Blast emitted 'sea of fire' / North Korean secrecy keeps toll uncertain
		The blast, which occurred midday Thursday at Ryongchon about 12 miles east of here, carved a large circle of death and destruction in the city of 130,000, according to official and humanitarian sources.
		The traveler interviewed here said she was told by a friend, who visited the blast site Thursday afternoon to look for missing family members, that many buildings -- including a school that was in session -- were smashed by the concussion or burned by the flames within a radius of more than a mile.
		In its first statement on the disaster, North Korea's official news agency said today the blast was touched off by "electrical contact caused by carelessness during the shunting of wagons loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer." The chemical is used in explosives and rocket fuel.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/04/24/MNGHV6AM5A1.DTL&type=printable (836 words)

	UNEP APELL Korea
		Ryongchon County has a population of 123,200 people, of whom 27,000 live in the county city.
		Federation delegates who visited the scene of the disaster reported a huge crater at the centre of the blast, and said the nearest surviving buildings had been scorched as though a fireball had swept through them.
		Of particular concern, besides the environmental impact of such disasters, is the loss of life, impact on the health of people in the neighbourhood, and the damage and loss of property.
	www.uneptie.org /pc/apell/disasters/korea.htm (3771 words)

	Contributions: DPR Korea, DPR Korea OCHA Situation Bulletin Apr/May 2004, Situation Reports: DPR Korea: Explosion in ...
		Ryongchon County, which has a population of 123,200 people, of whom 27,000 live in the county city, was devastated.
		The impact of this disaster is magnified because it has taken place due to continuing economic difficulties and ongoing deficiencies in the health sector.
		This allowed information on the disaster to be disseminated quickly contributing to the mobilisation of over US$ 30 million in assistance within two weeks of the disaster.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SNAO-62DP4E?OpenDocument (1537 words)

	In Brief
		Pyongyang, 26 April 2004 - WFP has delivered the first humanitarian assistance to hospital victims of North Korea’s railway disaster, and is pledging to feed thousands of others left injured or homeless for as long as necessary despite severe funding shortages.
		Food was immediately distributed to 360 severely wounded, many of them children, receiving emergency treatment at the hospital; remaining rations were provided to the estimated 7,000 people sheltering with friends or relatives and in undamaged public buildings.
		For the Ryongchon disaster WFP plans to issue a “flash” appeal to support the train blast emergency operation,” said Ragan.
	www.wfp.org /newsroom/in_brief/Asia/DPRK/040426_train_disaster.html (756 words)

	N Korea Stuns S Korea With Disaster Aid Rejection
		The decision came as a blow to many in the South who felt that North Korea had taken a decision to be more open and transparent in its dealings with the outside world as a result of the blast.
		Pyongyang responded with unusual speed to the disaster, accepting aid from the international community and taking foreign diplomats and aid workers on a tour of the site while making a rare public announcement about the explosion through its official media.
		But North Koreans may not yet be ready for the sight of a convoy of South Korean trucks winding the entire length of the country from the inter-Korean border to Ryongchon on the northern border with China, said officials in the South.
	www.rense.com /general52/disas.htm (624 words)

	Accident hospital pharmacy products health care blood unit ayurvedic treatment
		Large stockpiles of the material can be a major fire risk due to their supporting oxidation, and may also detonate, as happened in the Texas City disaster of which led to major changes in the regulations for storage and handling.
		Over 700 homes were destroyed, the plant isappeared entirely and was replaced with a crater 50 ft deep and 250 ft in diameter, and the shock was felt 150 miles away.
		This was the largest man-made disaster in German histoIn in Nixon, New Jersey, ammonium nitrate was being recovered from amatol in order to be used as a fertilizer, when a fire broke out.
	www.pharmacyproductinfo.com /Significant-of-accident.htm (357 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
		After the disaster, Pyongyang agreed to attend working-level talks on its nuclear program, are a prelude to the major six-party talks to be held before June.
		The train disaster left over 150 people dead, including 76 children, while 1,300 people were injured, according to the North Korean government.
		The more open attitude by the Kim regime over the disaster is a case of a government that is "desperate for help", he said.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/FE07Dg02.html (1326 words)

	A disaster shrouded in fear and secrecy - OpinionEditorial - www.theage.com.au
		Reports of the collision of two fuel-laden trains in the North Korean town of Ryongchon are reminders of the isolated nation's poverty, its secrecy and the high price its citizens pay for the circumstances in which they are forced to live.
		News of the disaster had not been confirmed by North Korea yesterday; the Stalinist state reportedly responded to the tragedy by cutting international telephone lines in the area.
		In times of disaster, the international community is traditionally prepared to set aside political differences to provide humanitarian aid.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/23/1082616327297.html?from=storylhs (591 words)

	Up To 3000 Killed In North Korean Fuel Train Disaster
		The South Korean government confirmed that two trains carrying fuel collided in the station of the city of Ryongchon on Thursday, triggering a massive blast and heavy casualties.
		China's Xinhua news agency, citing Chinese diplomats in Pyongyang, said that a leak of ammonium nitrate, used in explosives and fertilizer, from one of the two trains, was to blame for the disaster.
		If the death and injured toll is confirmed, it would be one of the worst train disasters ever, outweighing a 1981 accident in India which killed more than 800 people.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/disaster-management-04c.html (1579 words)

	north korea Train disaster: survivors risk starvation Asia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Beijing (AsiaNews) — Eighty of the 1300 people wounded in the Ryongchon train disaster are still held in hospital.
		The train disaster has compromised the already difficult situation of this country, where famine and poverty enslave the population.
		Ryongchon county (Pyongan province) has a population of 123,200 people; 27,000 people live in the county city.
	www.asianews.it /view_p.php?l=en&art=947 (383 words)

	Relief teams head to disaster zone - World - www.smh.com.au
		The South Korean government confirmed that two trains carrying fuel collided at a rail station in Ryongchon city yesterday, triggering a massive blast and heavy casualties.
		A huge pall of smoke was seen billowing into the sky in a satellite photograph taken of the site 18 hours after the explosion and shown on the BBC website.
		China's Xinhua news agency, citing Chinese diplomats in Pyongyang, said a leak of ammonium nitrate, used in explosives and fertiliser, from one of the two trains, was to blame for the disaster.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/23/1082616310780.html (818 words)

	Train crash kills many, includng 2 Chinese
		A YTN reporter in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AP the network's casualty count came from a South Korean government official, whom he declined to identify.
		Yang Jong-hwa, a spokeswoman of South Korea's Unification Ministry, said her organization could not immediately confirm the reports; the ministry is in charge of relations with North Korea.
		The accident apparently resembled a disaster in Iran on February 18, when runaway train cars carrying fuel and chemicals derailed, setting off explosions that destroyed five villages.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-04/23/content_325606.htm (888 words)

	Situation Reports: DPR Korea: Explosion in Ryongchon County - Apr 2004, DPRK Ryongchon Train Disaster: Situation Report ...
		The WHO Representative of DPRK was in Ryongchon and Sinuiju on 5-6 May and had discussions with the county and provincial authorities to assess the need for further assistance in the health sector.
		It was advised to avoid early discharge of the injured from the hospital due to limited health facilities in Ryongchon and the problems with the temporary shelters.
		The cost of the three County Hospital Kits provided was paid from funds provided by Republic of Korea to WHO for the Ryongchon disaster.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JMAN-5YXJCC?OpenDocument (928 words)

	North Korea facing new flood disaster due to farming practices: WFP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		North Korea is the single largest Asian recipient of UN food aid and the WFP estimates that 85 percent of the population is malnourished, with 30 percent of those suffering severe malnourishment.
		Banbury, who was one of the few foreigners allowed access to the recent Ryongchon train disaster, said there was now an urgent need for an extra 1,000 tons of food aid to the communist state as much of the existing aid had been diverted to the train disaster.
		He said the regime had shown great willingness to assist the WFP during the latest crisis but doubted whether Pyongyang would have the resources to handle an emerging new disaster such as further floods.
	www.terradaily.com /2004/040505050828.cdhgmez6.html (369 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The blast occurred at Ryongchon, 50km south of the North Korean border with China
		The country's request for help, which did not go into detail, was sent to the United Nations' main emergency relief organisation, the New York-based United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
		Earlier, Seoul's MBC television said many of the injured were taken to hospitals across the border in the Chinese city of Dandong.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/503BE62A-BAD4-41D4-844D-237BEFCF46DD.htm (718 words)

	A Flashback to ''Atlas Shrugged''
		In "Atlas Shrugged," as in Ryongchon, the hobbling of human minds by dictatorship brought about a return to the ancient technology of open-fire steam locomotives.
		In both, the immediate cause of the explosion was the collision between an open-fire steam locomotive and a train carrying explosive materials.
		In Ryongchon, the diesel engine was used to pull the private train of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.
	www.objectivistcenter.org /mediacenter/articles/areed_flashback-atlas-shrugged.asp (562 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| N Korea admits 'serious' accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Aid workers and diplomats have gone to Ryongchon after a rare call for help from the secretive state.
		North Korea "appreciates the willingness expressed by the governments of various countries and international bodies and organisations to render humanitarian assistance," said a statement released by the state news agency.
		It is unclear what medical treatment is available to those injured in the disaster, as North Korea's medical system has all but collapsed and the country is experiencing severe shortages of food and energy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3654189.stm (742 words)

	CanKor - 7 May 2004
		Ryongchon is a bustling trade town on the DPR Korea's busiest route to PR China, with an estimated population of 27,000.
		In a testament to its industrial prowess, Ryongchon led the energy- starved country's drive in the early 1990s to build windmills for electricity generation.
		Ryongchon was virtually unknown to the outside world until 22 April 2004, when a deafening explosion ripped through the city centre.
	www.cankor.ca /issues/164.htm (4155 words)

	[Editorial] Aid for NK, But Without A Fuss : English Editorials : Internet Hankyoreh
		It is encouraging that there is such an active effort to aide the residents of Ryongchon, hurt by the train explosion there.
		The damage from the Ryongchon station disaster is so big that recovery over a short period will clearly be difficult.
		The true meaning of disaster relief is helping those in despair have the courage to rise again.
	www.hani.co.kr /section-001100000/2004/04/001100000200404280206001.html (386 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		An U.N. official who was among the few foreigners permitted to visit the site of the Apr. 22 railway disaster revealed signs of openness that were often regarded as impossible under the Stalinist regime of President Kim Jong-il.
		The train disaster left over 150 people dead, including 76 children, while 1,300 people were injured, states North Korean government.
		A similar cover-up was underway during the earlier part of a far more devastating crisis - the famine in the 1990s that, according to some estimates, killed between half a million to three million North Koreans.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=23623 (959 words)

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