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 .

她之所以选择清津，是因为这座城市比平壤更具备代表性，尽管平壤生活平淡，供电长年累月短缺，但没人挨饿。

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 .

《纽约时报》6月份报道，为准备2012年金日成百年诞辰，每个和清津国家建设公司有关系的家庭，都被要求每月向当地党委交17袋鹅卵石，为重修清津唯一的公路路面做贡献。

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 .

一个来自朝鲜东北部咸镜北道（northhamgyong）首府清津（chongjin）市的自称商人的女人自从12月来到与朝鲜毗邻的吉林省的一个小镇上后就一直呆在这儿。