Economy of Ch'ongjin

The area has little arable land, so the famine in the 1990s hit the residents of Chongjin particularly hard. During the late 1990s, the city's residents experienced some of the highest death rates from famine, which might have been as high as 20 percent of the population. By 1995, the local frog population was wiped out due to overhunting.

Prisons

In Chongjin Political Prison Camp, a large prison complex in Susong-dong (northern part of Chongjin), more than 3,000 political prisoners are forced to manufacture bicycles and other consumer goods.

Kyohwaso No. 12 (Enlightenment Cernter No. 12) is located outside of Hoeryong, 40 miles south of Onsong.