Shingishu
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- Sinuiju. // Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition;11/1/2011, p1
Sinuiju (sen'o?'e'jo�o�), Jap. Shingishu, city (1993 pop. 326,011), W North Korea, on the Yellow Sea at the mouth of the Yalu River. A main northern gateway to Korea, it developed from a logging center into a port and rail terminus. A bridge (built 1910) over the Yalu connects it with NE...
- The 2009 Economic and Product Market Databook for Sinuiju, North Korea. Parker, Philip M. // City Almanac Reports;1/ 4/2010, pN.PAG
Several tables and graphs regarding the 2009 economic and product market for several products and services in Sinuiju, North Korea including liqueurs, building inspection services, and amusement and recreation services are presented.
- Why Korea Needs The North To Reform. // Asia Monitor: China & North East Asia Monitor;Dec2002, Vol. 9 Issue 12, p10
Focuses on reasons why South Korea should be urging North Korea to create special economic zones (SEZ). Threat caused to South Korea due to absence of economic reforms in North Korea; Announcement made by North Korea regarding construction of an SEZ in Sinuiju; Other factors apart from SEZs...
- North Korea floods prompt rare media candor. Kirk, Donald // Christian Science Monitor;8/23/2010, pN.PAG
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has personally ordered troops into combat � not in the "all-out war" his rhetoricians have threatened against South Korea and the US, but in the battle against floods ravaging the critical northern border city of Sinuiju.
- Bridge being built by China over the Yalu to N. Korea could be used for incursion. // East-Asia-Intel Reports;11/11/2009, p2
The article reports on China's plan to build a bridge over the Yalu River, which will connect the city of Dandong in China to a place ten miles from Sinuiju, North Korea. The plan was proposed in the agreement signed by Chinese administrator Wen Jiabao and North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Il. China...
- East-Asia-Intel.com: China set to build new bridge over Yalu River to N. Korea in boost to economic leverage -- March 3, 2010. // East-Asia-Intel Reports;3/3/2010, p5
The article reports that China is planning to construct a new bridge across the Yalu River border with North Korea to handle a growing traffic demand between the two countries. According to a Chinese newspaper The Shenyang Evening News, transport authorities in Liaoning Province of China will...
- Yalu. // Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition;11/1/2011, p1
Yalu (y�'lo�o�'), Korean Amnok, river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts. in Jilin prov., NE China, and flowing SW to the Bay of Korea at Dandong; forms part of the China�North Korea border. In places it is navigable for shallow-draft vessels, but its chief commercial...
- North Korea. // AirGuide Online.com;5/4/2009, p14
The article reports on the move of Chinese government in reopening its border to a group of 71 tourists to travel to North Korea in 2009, after the government in suspended its travel to the country in February 2006 in China. It states that Chinese tourists started their travel from the city of...
- Dandong. // Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition;11/1/2011, p1
Dandong (d�n-do�o�ng) or Andong (�n'to�o�ng'), city (1994 est. pop. 550,900), SE Liaoning prov., China, at the mouth of the Yalu River, opposite Korea. It is a port, connected by rail with Shenyang (Mukden) and with Sinuiju in North Korea. The Supung Dam on the Yalu supplies power...
