Site Profile 4 Summary: Hungnam Fertiliser Complex

7 August 2025

DPRK's Chemical Facilities

This is a summary report of the fourth Project Anthracite site profile exploring different chemical production facilities throughout North Korea. The paper provides an assessment of the chemicals produced at the Hungnam Fertiliser Complex.

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Lennie Phillips is Senior Research Fellow, Chemical Weapons in the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy research team at RUSI.

Sean Corbett is a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI.

David Crouch is a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI.

Gareth Williams is a Senior Associate at RUSI.

Hailey Wingo is a Researcher at VERTIC.

Jack Crawford is a Research Fellow in the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy research team at RUSI.

Nathan Hunt is an independent contractor.

Stephen Mercado is an independent contractor.

Yuseong Choi is an independent contractor.

Gianguiseppe Pili is an Associate Fellow at RUSI and an Assistant Professor in the Intelligence Analysis Program at James Madison University.

Samuel Rooker is a student in the Intelligence Analysis Program of James Madison University.

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