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  Sinuiju Summary
Sinuiju is the capital of North P'yongan Province and one of North Korea's centers of heavy industry.
The Sinuiju railway was constructed by the Japanese in 1904 for the Russo-Japanese War.
Sinuiju can be reached from P'yongyang by air, having a 1.2 km runway, or electric railway and road.
www.bookrags.com /Sinuiju   (644 words)

  
 Asia Times
The first certainty is that almost the entire population of the Sinuiju district is going to be disinherited of their land, their homes, their community, their identity.
Another certainty is that the Sinuiju experiment is not being mounted for the future benefit of Korea, divided or united.
And Sinuiju of course will be a handy rail junction on the magic express train.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/DJ02Dg01.html   (1051 words)

  
 Sinuiju - North Korean Special Weapons Facilities
Military factories are classified as armament factories, which produce weapons such as firearms and munitions, general military factories, which produce general military material such as military uniforms and footwear, and those general machinery factories that can be converted for weapon and parts production during wartime.
General military factories are located in the industrial district of Sinuiju while most wartime conversion factories are located in the industrial district of Pyongyang.
The government called for accelerating the expansion projects at both the Sinuiju and Ch'ngjin chemical fiber complexes.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/dprk/facility/sinuiju.htm   (237 words)

  
 Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
Sinuiju, a western North Korean city, is at the mouth of the Yalu River on the West Sea.
Under the accord, Sinuiju and Dandong plan to construct new expressways along the border river of Yalu and a second Yalu River bridge southeast of the existing one, they said.
The plan for turning Sinuiju into a special enclave with independent legislative, executive and judicial powers was announced by North Korea in September 2002, but fell apart after the arrest of its governor.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FI03Ad03.html   (477 words)

  
 Stop That Sinuiju Nonsense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Smaller numbers of expatriates (was that the sound of drooling South Korean vampires flying back from Sinuiju?) would pocket the fruits of their endeavors, after passing money under the table to the various authorities all along the way to Pyongyang.
Sinuiju is not a plan for cynical anti-imperialists to admire, rather it is politically evil.
Sinuiju, that fairy-tale island of prosperity in a desert of incompetence, is a bad idea that needs to vanish.
www.kimsoft.com /2002/steinberg.htm   (751 words)

  
 Sinuiju, North Korea, Pictures
Sinuiju, city, western North Korea, capital of North P'yongan Province, at the mouth of the Yalu River, on the Yellow Sea.
The city became important after a bridge over the Yalu, linking it with Dandong (Antung), China, was opened in 1910.
Sinuiju was heavily bombed during the Korean War.
www.greatestcities.com /Asia/North_Korea/Sinuiju_city.html   (119 words)

  
 Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
However, the restrictions of the movement of the population between Sinuiju and other regions of North Korea is an important facet of the North£¿s government, which prevents other regions from being exposed to the flood of capitalism, while maintaining a one-nation, two-system policy.
On the establishment of a barrier between Shinuiju and other regions, Yang Bin, Chief Administrator for Sinuiju, told the foreign news media, £¿Kim Jong Il believes that the separation of the North Korean people from the capitalist district is necessary.
Yang Bin said that the judicial system of Sinuiju would be controlled by Westerners, and promised to appoint a Westerner to become the first head of the Ministry of Justice.
english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200209/200209240030.html   (687 words)

  
 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Sinuiju special administrative region announced
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) — The Sinuiju special administrative region has come into being according to a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly adopted the basic law of the Sinuiju special administrative region on September 12, Juche 91 (2002).
This entry was posted on Friday, September 20th, 2002 at 9:37 pm and is filed under Economic reform, Sinuiju.
www.nkeconwatch.com /2002/09/20/sinuiju-special-administrative-region-announced   (770 words)

  
 [Napsnet] SPECIAL REPORT: Interest Revived in the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Report by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies -"Interest Revived in the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region" by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies The Sinuiju Special Administrative Region (SAR) project lost momentum in September 2002 when its first governor-to-be, Chinese-born Dutch businessman Yang Bin, was arrested in China.
Because of this, regional officials are still influenced by the temperament of local and central party politics while being faced with increasing pressure from city authorities to transfer power to them.
At issue is the fact that while the number of residents who can move in needs to equal the number relocated out of the area, some North Koreans have already used connections with the central and regional party affiliates in order to move to the region.
www.nautilus.org /pipermail/napsnet/2006-March/000697.html   (893 words)

  
 Sinuiju - Definition, explanation
Developed as a major settlement during the Japanese occupation (1910-45) at the terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu (Amnok) river.
Sinuiju can be reached from P'yong-yang by air (having a 1.2 km runway), electric railway and road.
It is also connected with the Chinese city of Dandong (renamed from Andong/Antung) in Liaoning Province (People's Republic of China) by the Amnok River Bridge which is 944 m long (3,097 feet) from end to end, and through the Manchuria Railway links up with the Trans-Siberian railway.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/si/sinuiju.php   (450 words)

  
 The Korea Times : `North Korea Give Up on Sinuiju Project'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The North designated Sinuiju as a special economic zone in 2002 but the project was suspended after Beijing arrested Yang Bin, a Chinese-Dutch entrepreneur who was named as its governor, on charges of illegal land use, bribery and fraud.
Julie Sa, an ethnic Chinese born in South Korea who later served as mayor of Fullerton, California, said in an interview in Seoul that she had not received any confirmation from the North.
The first-ever coupling of the North’s cheap manpower and the South’s capital and technology will provide more than $9.6 billion in economic benefits to Pyongyang and $74.9 billion to Seoul by 2012, when the third and final phase is expected to be completed, according to the Hyundai Research Institute in Seoul.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200411/kt2004110717011511990.htm   (512 words)

  
 Shinuiju
In 1924, Japan Imperialist ruler, in order to facilitate to the railway plunders northeast Chinese resources, the administrative was moved from Uiju to this village, and form a new name : Sinuiju.
Sinuiju has Sinuiju High School, Sinuiju Commercial High School, Eastern Middle School.
A well equipped Sinuiju Light Industry University and Sinuiju Uiversity of Education.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sh/shinuiju.html   (233 words)

  
 NK News - Results of Your STALIN Search
The 10th national schoolchildren's individual art contests were held at the Concert Hall of the....
Sixty years have passed since a mammoth Pyongyang city mass rally was held at the Pyongyang public....
...Pyongyang Textile Mill and Ponbu Kindergarten in Sinuiju.
www.nk-news.net /results.php?newSearch=yes&dateSort=newest&searchString=Sinuiju&booleanType=phrase&outputFormat=list&inputLangue=english&startMonth=01&startYear=1996&endMonth=12&endYear=2006¤tPage=1   (871 words)

  
 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Nautilus Claims Sinuiju Project Underway
While some factories — like the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory, Sinuiju Shoe Factory, Sinuiju Synthetic Fiber Plant, and other large factories — are preparing for foreign capital support and cooperative ventures, most administrators appear to be pushing for keeping the status quo.
A source stated that the administrative authority of the city security bureau in charge of relocating residents is undermanned and takes different measures to direct different groups of residents, while pressing for the expulsion of what it deems as “lesser” or unemployed people.
This entry was posted on Thursday, April 27th, 2006 at 11:44 am and is filed under Foreign direct investment, Economic reform, Sinuiju, China, Real estate.
www.nkeconwatch.com /2006/04/27/nautilus-claims-sinuiju-project-underway   (897 words)

  
 The Korea Times : ‘NK Tries to Revive Sinuiju as Special Economic Zone’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s secret visit to China is aimed at reviving its special economic zone in Sinuiju, former Unification Minister Park Jae-kyu said at a seminar in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Pyongyang also named Sinuiju, a northwest city bordering China, as a special administrative region in September 2002.
Given that it is adjacent to Russia and is only connected by road to China, Beijing is expected to choose Sinuiju as its investment target, if China decides to help North Korea to benchmark its flourishing commercial cities in the south.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/200601/kt2006011817324653460.htm   (847 words)

  
 Sinuiju - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Gov't Objects to Sinuiju as Hyundai's Industrial Park in North Korea.
North Koreans stand on a boat in Sinuiju
DPRK announces setup of Sinuiju special administrative region.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Sinuiju.html   (341 words)

  
 Sinuiju - North Korea - Images of the DPRK: 6 - Myohyangsan, Taesong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
But Sinuiju was where an Associated Press photographer snapped it recently.
China is known to have been negative to NK's Sinuiju project becaus of its China allegedly prefers that Sinuiju should remain as a kind of buffer zone
Sinuiju () A city of western North Korea on Korea Bay at the mouth of the Yalu Jiang.
indexespro.com /idp/sinuiju.html   (409 words)

  
 Interest Revived in the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
The Institute for Far Eastern Studies describes the current developments in constructing the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region in the DPRK near the PRC border.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Nautilus Institute.
The Sinuiju Special Administrative Region (SAR) project lost momentum in September 2002 when its first governor-to-be, Chinese-born Dutch businessman Yang Bin, was arrested in China.
www.nautilus.org /fora/security/0625.html   (932 words)

  
 Climate information for SINUIJU in Korea - Climate Zone
World / Asia / Korea, North / SINUIJU
The table below displays average monthly climate indicators in SINUIJU based on 8 years of historical weather readings.
SINUIJU 40 10 N, 124 38 E, 22 feet (7 meters) above sea level.
www.climate-zone.com /climate/north-korea/fahrenheit/sinuiju.htm   (90 words)

  
 Sinuiju-Seoul Railway to Be Reconnected   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The rebuilding project of the Kyongui line is one of the major agreements at the historic inter-Korean summit in June.
The Kyongui Railway Line will be the first direct transportation line since Korea was divided into two parts, to link Sinuiju, a northwestern city of north Korea on the border with China, and Seoul via Pyongyang and Kaesong, a railway line which covers a total distance of 486 kilometers.
The southern side plans to build a 12 km section of the severed track between Munsan and Changdan.
www1.korea-np.co.jp /pk/148th_issue/2000092706.htm   (477 words)

  
 North Korea - Images of the DPRK: 6 - Myohyangsan, Taesong, Sinuiju, Tongmyong - Travel-Images.com
North Korea - Images of the DPRK: 6 - Myohyangsan, Taesong, Sinuiju, Tongmyong - Travel-Images.com
Sinuiju: river side - southern bank of the Yalu river
North Korean image portfolio - Pyongyang and further: from the Chinese border at Sinuiju till the 38 th parallel at Panmunjom.
www.travel-images.com /korean6.html   (130 words)

  
 Sinuiju, North Korea
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 COMBATSIM.COM: Flak Bursts Over Sinuiju!
Pulling out too soon would leave him in a cross fire and waiting too late would end everything.
At Sinuiju the Reds were re-building an airstrip.
B-29s had carpet-bombed it long ago but now they wanted to have base for MiGs on the American side of the Yalu River to gain air superiority.
www.combatsim.com /memb123/htm/2002/07/flak   (1885 words)

  
 TITLE - Ασία - Βόρεια Κορέα - Sinuiju   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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www.twip.org /photo-of-the-world-asia-korea-north-sinuiju-el-677.html   (68 words)

  
 Sinuiju, North Korea | Map, Time Zone
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www.travelpost.com /AS/North_Korea/Pyongan-bukto/Sinuiju/7157829   (116 words)

  
 Pyongyang Square - whois
President of Pyonghwa Motors Company in Nampo, North Korea (joint venture with South Korea)
ROK former Prime Minister and Chairman of Posco, new candidate for governor of Sinuiju SAR?
PRC tycoon, first governor of Sinuiju until arrested for fraud in China
www.pyongyangsquare.com /whois   (1258 words)

  
 Sinuiju, North Korea Forecast : Weather Underground
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