All three of North Korea’s top-billed housing construction projects for 2021 appear to have missed their end-of-year targets for completion set by leader Kim Jong Un, likely due to a shortage of materials.
Delays in opening a 10,000-home street of skyscrapers and a new neighborhood of upscale apartments for elites in Pyongyang, as well as 5,000 new homes in the remote mining town of Komdok, follow indefinite delays in recent years to a modern hospital in Pyongyang and mega beach resort on the east coast.
All three of North Korea’s top-billed housing construction projects for 2021 appear to have missed their end-of-year targets for completion set by leader Kim Jong Un, likely due to a shortage of materials.
Delays in opening a 10,000-home street of skyscrapers and a new neighborhood of upscale apartments for elites in Pyongyang, as well as 5,000 new homes in the remote mining town of Komdok, follow indefinite delays in recent years to a modern hospital in Pyongyang and mega beach resort on the east coast.
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