News Rapid progress made on construction site near Ryomyong StreetDespite apparent slowdowns in other projects in Pyongyang, construction at large-scale site is progressing A large-scale construction project located immediately south of Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang has advanced rapidly since September 2017, satellite imagery of the site shows. Exclusive aerial images of Pyongyang in September showed what appeared to be the early stages of construction on several rectangular buildings as well as the presence of larger more complete buildings in an area bordering the Kim Il Sung University campus to the west, an elite area to the east, Ryomyong Street to the north and the Taedong river to the south. Satellite imagery from Planet Labs Inc. in February 2018 now shows © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |