North Korea unveils new 10,000-home showpiece residential district in Pyongyang
CNNCNN — As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, a glittering new high-rise neighborhood in the capital Pyongyang is taking center stage. A picture released by North Korea's state news agency KCNA shows the country's leader Kim Jong Un visiting Hwasong on Saturday. KCNA claimed that Kim was closely involved in the design and “energetically led the work of drawing up the construction plan.” Kim’s site visit comes ahead of the official opening ceremony on April 15, one of the country’s most important public holidays, celebrating the birthday of his grandfather, North Korea’s late founder, Kim Il Sung. State media attributed the disaster, for which no official death count was disclosed, to “sloppy building” and “irresponsible supervision of officials.” North Korea’s military, which plays a central role in the country’s construction projects, has likely been instrumental in completing the new district, as it has with previous large-scale developments.
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