Sinuiju (Korean: 신의주시; McCune-Reischauer: Sinŭiju-si) is a city in North Korea that faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the Yalu River international border. It is the capital of North P’yŏngan province.

Part of the city is included in the planned Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region, which was proclaimed in 2002 and intended to experiment with introducing a market economy. In recent years the city has seen increasing tourism from China.

Transportation

Sinuiju is the northern terminus of the P’yŏngŭi Line, an electrified main trunk line of the Korean State Railway running from P’yŏngyang to the border with China. The line is the main corridor for overland traffic between North Korea and China. A bridge over the Yalu River connects Sinuiju to Dandong and the Shendan Line of the China Railway to Shenyang and points beyond.

Other uses of the name

The name Sinuiju also appears in several unrelated contexts:

• Kigwancha Sports Club, also known as the Sinuiju Locomotive Sports Club, is a North Korean multi-sports club belonging to the Korean State Railway and based in Sinuiju. It was established on 11 January 1956 and is best known for its men’s and women’s football teams.
• The Sinuiju Formation is a geologic formation in North Korea, now thought to be Early Cretaceous, from which fossils including pterosaurs, birds, frogs, and insects have been found.
• The Sinuiju Incident was an uprising of students and Christian leaders in Sinuiju on November 23, 1945, during the Soviet occupation, marking the peak of social resistance against the communist regime in the formative period of North Korea.