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N.Korea changes completion date, construction plans for Ryomyong Street

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North Korea plans to complete work on Ryomyong Street by April 15, the anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, Minjok Tongshin, a pro-North Korean media outlet, reported on Wednesday.

The original completion date was in December, planned to coincide with the end of the 200-day mass mobilization campaign, but timing changed due to the prioritizing of flood recovery work in North Hamgyong Province.

“Around 30,000 out of 36,000 workers at Ryomyong Street volunteered to run to the flooded region in early September,” Minjok Tongshinreported, quoting Pak Sung Hun, head of the construction department of Ryomyong