She decided to concentrate on chongjin because it is likely to be more representative than pyongyang , where , for all its drabness and endless power shortages , nobody is starving .
A june newyork times report stated that each family connected to chongjin state construction company was required to deliver 17 bags of pebbles each month to the local party committee to contribute to resurfacing chongjin 's only paved road in preparation forthe 2012 centennial of kim il-sung 's birth .
One self-styled businesswoman from chongjin , capital of north hamgyong province in the northeastern part of north korea , has been staying since her arrival in december at a small town in jilin province bordering north korea .
