  sinÅ­iju (shinÅ­iju-si) is a city in north korea, neighboring with dandong city, china via international border and is the capital of north pyeongan province. part of the city is included in the sinÅ­iju special administrative region, which was established in 2002 to experiment with introducing a market economy. __toc__ ==history== developed as a major settlement during the colonial rule at the terminus of a railway bridge across the yalu river. it is located 7&nbsp;miles west of Å¬iju, the old city from whose name sinÅ­iju (meaning ânew Å¬ijuâ) derives. as an open port, it grew commercially with the logging industry which uses the yalu river to transport lumber. additionally, a chemical industry developed after the hydroelectric sup'ung dam was built further up the river. in the course of the korean war, the city sustained heavy damage from aerial bombar
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