Chong Chon Gang (Chosŏn'gŭl: 청천강호, Hanja: 淸川江號) is a North Korean cargo ship, though now renamed. The 155 m (509 ft) general cargo ship was built in 1977 in Nampo. Its owner is listed as Chongchongang Shipping of Pyongyang. Chongchongang Shipping may be a front company answering to "Office #39" (otherwise known as the Central Committee Bureau 39) of the Korean Workers' Party, which is responsible for state-sanctioned illicit activities such as the smuggling of prohibited items including weapons and luxury goods. Office #39 was created in 1974 as a department-level organization within the KWP Secretariat under the KWP Central Committee. Its primary role was, and still is, engaging in illegal activities in order to generate hard currency for the North Korean government.