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It also said &#8220;around 150 Foreign Currency Offices which are currently located  in Shinuiju received new instructions related to the &#8216;trade zones&#8217; establishment. They all are under control of the North Korean government.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The source conveyed that, &#8220;Currently, Jangmadang is being built at the south of Shinnuiju which is under the twice-expansion road construction between Rakwondong and South Shinuiju,&#8221; saying, &#8220;Most of the workers and the residents are being mobilized now for the construction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the start of the Shinuiju special zone, another rumor is being widely spread that the highway construction connecting Pyongyang and Shinuiju would start.<\/p>\n<p>It was once said that the Shinuiju special zone would be established at the Chulsan area in South Shinuiju. 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