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Yanggakdo football stadium undergoing major refurbishment, recent imagery shows

Stadium built in 1989 appears to be undergoing slow renovation process

Pyongyang's Yanggakdo Football Stadium appears to be in a state of major refurbishment, satellite imagery published on Wednesday by Google Earth shows, with turf removed and tiles missing from several sections of the roof.

The renovation process comes amid a broader trend of updates at other stadiums throughout the capital under Kim Jong Un's leadership, analysis shows.

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