Rajin

Proper noun

Rajin

1. A district of Rason, North Korea.
   • If its port, built by Japanese occupiers in the 1930's, can be modernized, Rajin is ideally positioned to serve northeastern China, Siberia and even Europe by the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Already some earth movers, steel and other products are being shipped from Pusan in South Korea to Rajin, where...1996 September 19, Andrew Pollack, “North Korea Opens the Door, a Crack, to Capitalism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2011, Beckoning Foreign Investors...
   • Dozens of European cyclists rolled into the North Korean port town of Rajin this week for the last leg of a rare two-stage race from China to North Korea.
   • Clad in skin-tight shiny outfits and accompanied by a fleet of support cars, the 47 cyclists from Sweden, Germany and more than 10 other countries rode from China to the Wonjong border crossing to take on the 50-km (31-mile) road into Rajin.[…]
   • Labourers from China, North Korea's closest ally, finished work on the main road between Rajin and the border last year in a Chinese-backed effort to upgrade a dusty track into a functioning trade route.
   • Rajin is one of two towns that make up the Rajin-Songbon, or Rason, special economic zone in the northeast corner of North Korea. Both Russia and China have access to Rajin as a port and have invested in updating infrastructure.2013 September 24, James Pearson, “European cyclists descend on North Korean port town”, in John O'Callaghan, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2024, Sports

   Synonyms:

   Luojin, Lochin