ORGANIZATIONS IN KAESONG, NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 23, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains iaiormation aitecting the Na-
tional Detenae of the Vnited States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, 01 the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Korea REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Orga.n.ization~ in Kaesc~n.g, North Korea -DATE DISTR. 2~3.Octob~:r? 195;3
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1{ae 8raazc'h o Mi6n?i,r~~,r ~; ~~_~o,~:ial Sect ~ '
1. Tn early 1953A the K&es?a1g Fk=~:~achme:~,?t o:F the Mj.xl~sl,a:^~* o.? Social r~eoux?it,~'1
(~~) had Ebbol~.t ~? rooaau~ ate Offices i~x 'two h?`u~eaa ox~c a ~or'eaal 1;ype a>, brother of
E~ONG Sun.-o .
c, The Choson Cri~anga?ag Sangsa (2600/'~E?~39/00?2_/11~5/0'~94/06`~~+~a Established 3h
the sum~r~er of .195 at Na~;a~~.~:~~ong, . ~-esQng. Thy: p~?esident was CHO Yo:ng~hwan
(2580/7893/356 ~, aR;e:d ~0, a :~.a~;,:d.~~?~~ of Ka~~~""ca:,r~.g. l~~~p~;~r~ors weL a PAd{ Ki,p,
ch?ol, aged 30, a~a.d ~ 6a,~?.,g~e~3aoma aged ;~G. PAK av,~.d '~U ~ac~. owned sepa~?a'~?"e
clo~rh aha~ps i;~a tk~e Togo .flay^ke~Js. To~r~r'~:.ht~:?r JPAd~ am~~. ~' ?4~aveeted 15,000,'CJ00 ~ou?~n
Korean wor.. in the Ck..oeon C'~~e~~~xa~~.g, wk~:i~:,?h t;rae;y 1c~,F~?~:.
d. The P?yanghwa Sangsa (1.~2Z'/0'~35/07;~~./~~~5~~5 forge.":^'l.y the Toaag3.l Sa.~.gsa
(263~/0001/079~/}?35`7;~: Es?C:ablisxzed ~.~~ tkxe ~*l?~~?,~:.?~A of ,l,ej51 at ~Ta~a,r~,~?~d6:,a,~z~p
Kaeeoa~a.g. Thie r~ompa.~:^.y '}aa~ 10 em~p.loye:es. :Cts pma~s;~df~nt was ~{~;M Chae~~~ch'~urM,
aged }+5, a nati~~A~Y ~;,f' Seo~~.'.1 whoa took over" ,f}ie Tca:rbg,;f,l Sangsa from ...ate
formNr OWxJ,E?1~?, T?~~ (f"n1~,), ag1C~. $'~'a").amF~d .~.'~.
e . The Choeor~ M'+~,yok Saxzg~a (G~i00/'~~39/ ? / Y /O`~9~./~.~5~ ~ : Ketablaehe~f ;fin ~;:}~,e
fall pf 1952, and r.:loe~~d in ~Saa~~~ass~~, 1953, eoo,4~t a:g't~:r ~"kae leaflet" c~aee.
Partnare in the Compa~~~y~ were K:CM (f":~~a~, pre~~.xtt, ag~T~ }+$; KIM $ak-r~x.~~;
(~$55/,1331/2~F94~, ag~stil 43, a .r.~a'~;~v~ caf ~'a~^r~orgb ,'K3:d~d d~rorlg-ha?~: (6$55/2}+?9/
3352, aged ~3, a az,a?~~~i~r'e cif Ka~.sc~x,g;.
f . The Koryo ~tangY~ae~a~; ('~, F,59~'~'q'8'p /3.15/5$$7 ~ : Esta'~11sh~h~i iza, the ~pr,9.ng o.~"
1952 at Chana~~-d.o,Kag, Kaeeoa~,g, k??at appears tc~ hatr~: 'beep+, :9.aaa~stive ei,r,?c;a~
Mar+:h 1953? The ~preei2lc~z~'~, was S01a' Ch?e;r~,g.,e'S.~?~r (7.`~2"~ ~'~~0/~"~$~'~, aged 3$a
a naive of Kaeeox~,g. KF1A~T(~ KiMryhorag (7$Of/1015/2y~'~3~, aged 45, a native o.~"
~Saeeos~g was a partne~x . Thera wa~ro .t"~,~*e other.? ~5i~,1o'~re~~a of t?na r~o,9apasa,~ a
The Ch,or:gdae ~ox~gea (297'3/1~G9/03~1/O~i'~~): ~e'6aa~al,~.ehed i.m tkie wi~ater oaf
1952 at Tos~gk~ur~g-d~~,g, . Kaeeosa.g;. ~~,e a~,Ortk,oa:~r~i was tal~ext down in Ma~o~. ~9"~3.$
Presi~nt of the ooxnpa;r~ was GFA2F(~ Ohi~wa:v~, ag~~k9. 50, a ~,at?Yve o~? F?~ron~+~ara,g.
h. The 8amhwa Kongea (0005/O'~'35/0361/067~~ ? ~~ti~;"a`t~li,~}~ae,~, i~z P'ebr~,ar~? 1953 at
TOgsro Market, KaeeOr,ag;.
i. The Tongbaz~g Sar~,g;sa (2~3~/2.~55/079}+,/435~'~: E'e`6w~e~~;1.i?~shed in tkze winter cif
1952 at Pugar~-dong, Kaeeon,g, 'ki,,t clo?~;u. a t"Enw wc:~?~',s la~~.ax~.
,~. .The 9amo Kortgsa (0005/00(~3/03~i1,/0674~: Estakr,l;i,r~k~e~. ,xa. ~~xLe winter of 1952..
at Kugan-long, Kaeso~~g',.
k. The Binh~ang 9angga (2}+50/52$1/0'7'9~/005'~'): At Pu~a~,.~dong, Kaee?~,g. SONS
phae-hyon, aged 50, s raativa of Kaeea~~g,~ wea a re:prea~ex~tative of thf,s coan~paray,o
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lo. The following were independent merchants. engaged in trade between Kaesong and
6outh;Korea:
a. YI Yong-sin (2621/3057/'~~+50), aged 50, who lived at Chanam-dong, Kaesan.g.
b. `H'OE Kuk-yong (1508/09+8/ ? )~ aged 60, who lived at Togyo Market, near
Kaesong,Railroad Station, Kaesong.
c. KO Ki-ch'an (7559/ ? / ? ), aged 38, who lived at Chanam-dong, Kaesong.
d. YI Hyo-chu (2621/1321/3796), woman, aged ~+5, who lived at Pugan-dong, near
the Bank of Commerce and Industry,.Kaesat~g.
e,.. YI Hui-tong (2621/3556`2639), aged 37, a native of Kaeson.g, who lived at
the Togyo Market, Kaesong.
f . IM Song-kyu (2651/18+?/11+5 ), aged 43, a native of ICaesong, who carried on
his business at the Togyo Market in partx~,ership with PAEK Chin-ha (4101/
6966/3109), aged 43, also a native of Ka~song.
g. .KIM Song-thong (5855/2052/69~+5)s aged ~0, a native oi' Kaesong, who had
a shop at the.To~~o Market, Kaesong.
ha CH'OE.~fng-yong (1508/2019/6978), aged ~+0, a native of Kaesong, who opened
a shop at the Togyo Market, and had e, close bu~~iraess relation!~hip with
the Chohung Kongsa.
i. KIM Tok-ki (6855/1'r97/lol5), ager~ !;^, a native of Kaesong, wxio .a?v'. a shop
at the Togyo Mark~'~, Y.ae>:~o~_~,~.Ja
11. Articles shipped from;,Kaesong to South Korea .were ginseng, silver, golds
medicine herbs,,Koreara~silk, and fora. articles shipped from 6ou.th.Korea via
Kanghwa Island to Kaesong were rubber shoe?, lighter flints, cosmetics,
textiles, dyes, bicycle tj.res, medicines, and marine products.
Kaeso"n~ Ct~nsumera' Guild Or~anl.zation Com?~ittEae~
25X1A1~. Prior t officers of the Kaesan~, Cc~~asumers ? (Mild Organization
Committee were:
as Chairman: PAK 2m-~ho ~2613/26j1/1706), aged x+09 a Korean Labor Party member,
ana a native of Hamgyong Province.
b. Deputy Chair~,an: YI Ki-ch'ang, aged 38, from Hwanghae Province.
Sales Section:
(1) Chief: CHLT Chong-ec~p.
(2) ''T'here were three other employees ixa, this section.
d. Fuel Stores:
(1) Chief: Formerly KO PyongMhui (7559/35~1/3~5~).
(2) `There were two other employee? in this section.
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Affairs (MIA), According to
Comment, In early 1953 the Nl~S was merged with .the MIA. It is
own whether or not the separate office buildings were retained.
omment. According to
wad reorgan.zed as the Departm
he MSS
ecuri y un er e n s Internal
!~. Comment. According to the Sinsin
-' K i Sariwan
n
KIM Ilrsong decided that this former
Security .Department of the MIA as of
25X1A 2. omment. These trading companies-sold merchandise to independent
merchan s and in ret~ucn for assisting these merchants in crossing into
South,Korea, received approximately 34 percent of the net profit realized
from the sale of exchan.gea merchandise taken back to Kaesong and sold on
the local market;.
ministry would be known as t
February 1953
Company wa.s a cover company setup by the North,, ocean
with branches in Haeju and Kaesong. T'Y~e campany was managed by HONG Sun-o
and was in charge of the coordination of~ tY~e activities of all North
Korean cover companies iaa Haeju and Kae~aoxig wYxich were smuggling or rusaning
intelligence operations in South Korea.
~ Comment. HONG Bun-o wa~a chairman of the Kaesang Qrinseng (rowers
and~Rraders ~saoci,ation, HONG was entrusted 'by ROK authorities to set?ITe
business when ROK forces retreated southward in 1951. '1'k~e
i
nseng
the. g
Ii01~f~ brothers invested ix~ a 1,000 p?yong (1 p?yon$ equals 6? x 6? ) gixaseng
farm.
5. Comment. .The P'yonghwa 8angsa ot~tained tru,cki,ng permits for individual
.mere, me on a commission basis, as such p?rmit,s were issued only to compa~.i,c:~s.
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6. Comment. KIM Myong-han was formerly the owner of the 8onggyon,g
2 + 0079 "Rare Mill, largest in Kaesong. He was arrested in January 1953
on suspicion of anti-Communist activity in cont,~ertion .with tY~e leaflet
ease . .,
2525X1A 7. Comment. E30N Chang-sik li,vad in Yanan (N 37-5~+8
-10 ~ -519 80N was a smuggler between Noa^th axxd 8auth.,Korea
prior to the war.
Comment. This office wa~a the forznet^ office of the Kaesong Hranch
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