Tanchon Port
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Generalissimo Kim Il Sung the DPRK has newly built Tanchon Port on the East Sea of Korea.
During their occupation of Korea the Japanese imperialists had tried to build the port, but they failed.
It
was a gigantic project which would take ten years at the shortest to
finish in case advanced construction methods were applied. But the
officials of the Ministry of Land and Maritime Transport and builders
set a goal of finishing the project in three years. They built in over
one year the north and south breakwaters extending about 2 000 metres
across the rough sea of scores of metres deep, one of bottlenecks in the
construction, and thus made a breakthrough in the project. 
They
made miraculous achievements by inventing and introducing new
construction methods on their own efforts. They built all structures and
facilities, including wharves where large cargo ships can be tied up, a
comprehensive building with a general control room and other offices,
warehouses and a lighthouse, in a distinctive way and put the port
business on a modern footing. 
With
a handling capacity of several million tons of cargoes, the port is in a
position to carry large quantities of nonferrous metals and magnesia
goods produced in the Tanchon area.
Today Tanchon City has been turned into a hub of foreign trade.