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N. Korea aims to finish Wonsan-Kalma project by April 15 next year: state media

In first on-site inspection, DPRK leader says project aimed at domestic tourists

A target completion date of April 15, 2019 – the birthday of Kim Il Sung – has been set for North Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area, ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun revealed over the weekend.

In an article covering a Friday on-the-spot guidance by Kim Jong Un, it was reported the North Korean leader gave an “instruction to complete the construction till the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, next year.”

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