Sinuiju Special Administrative Region

Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer	Sinŭiju T'ŭkpyŏl Haengjŏnggu;
Revised Romanization	Sinuiju Teukbyeol Haengjeonggu
Hangul	신의주 특별 행정구
Hanja	新義州特別行政區
Short Name	Sinŭiju (Sinuiju; 신의주; 新義州)
Statistics
Population	?
Area	?
Government	Special Administrative Region
Administrative Divisions	(unknown)
Split from	North P'yŏngan, 2002
Region	Kwansŏ
Dialect	P'yŏngan

Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region is a special administrative region of North Korea, on the border with China. It was established in 2002 near the city of Sinŭiju to try introducing the market economy.

Chinese-Dutch businessman Yang Bin was appointed to be the first governor by the SPA Presidium in 2002. Before he could fill his post he was arrested by Chinese authorities and sentenced to 18 years in prison for tax evasion and other economic crimes.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• Basic Law of Sinuiju Special Administrative Region