North Korea’s long-stalled Wonsan-Kalma beach resort will finally open in May 2025 as part of plans to “boost tourism,” leader Kim Jong Un said during a visit to the east coast site on Tuesday, according to state media. 

Work began on the “world-level coastal tourist city” in early 2018, but it missed multiple deadlines for opening in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and it appeared to be largely deserted and put on indefinite hold.