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. It is today a major rail transportation center between North Korea and China. Chief industries include paper milling, alcohol distillation, soybean processing, and chemicals manufacture. Sinuiju was heavily bombed during the Korean War. Population (1993) 326,011.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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