Rajin
See also: rajin
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Korean 라진(羅津) (Rajin).
Proper noun
[edit]Rajin
- A district of Rason, North Korea.
- 1996 September 19, Andrew Pollack, “North Korea Opens the Door, a Crack, to Capitalism”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 13, 2011, Beckoning Foreign Investors, page D1[2]:
- 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 they are then carried by rail or truck into northeastern China.
- 2013 September 24, James Pearson, “European cyclists descend on North Korean port town”, in John O'Callaghan, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 06 February 2024, Sports:
- 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.
- 2015 March 5, “North Korea detains Christian church leader from Canada”, in Deutsche Welle[4], sourced from Reuters, AFP, AP, archived from the original on June 30, 2015, North Korea[5]:
- Pak said Lim has made hundreds of trips to North Korea, where he helps oversee a nursing home, a nursery and an orphanage in the Rajin region.
- 2015 October 15, Anna Fifield, “A remote corner of China wants access to the sea. The obstacle is North Korea.”, in The Washington Post[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 17, 2015, Asia & Pacific[7]:
- “Of course we see the potential of this area,” Yeon Jei-sung, the company’s president, said in an interview in his office. “The three countries meet here, and that in itself can be a core place for trade.”
Such a pronouncement, however, is predicated on one crucial factor: the development of Rajin port. And Rajin port is in North Korea.
“We should have taken it while we had the chance,” said a local real estate developer, referring to the Korean War, when China came to North Korea’s rescue. He spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid annoying local Koreans.
While North Korea is promoting the area — Rajin and the neighboring city of Sonbong are together known as Rason — as a special economic zone, previous efforts at opening have not gone far.
Synonyms
[edit]- (from Mandarin Chinese) Luojin, Lochin