A network of partially-completed high-rise buildings surrounding Pyongyang’s iconic Kim Il Sung square remain unfinished, June photos show, indicating a construction stall that appears to have plagued the site since at least February.

The street-level photos show no cladding to have been added to the exposed concrete bases of at least three of the largest buildings in the multi-cluster site, even when compared to October 2017-dated Google Earth satellite imagery.

“It seems that the blue apartment buildings around Kim Il Sung Square are on hiatus as they’re waiting for materials to come in