Chongjin is North Korea’s third-largest city and capital of North Hamgyong Province.  The city is best known as the locus of steel production in the DPRK, having been established as an industrial centre by the Japanese during the 1930s (hence the nick-name the Iron City). Chongjin was reportedly one of the areas worst affected by … Continue reading Chongjin: North Korea’s “City of Iron”