A major new construction project on the grounds of one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s suspected Pyongyang mansions appeared to continue this week despite the country’s recent COVID-19 outbreak and related lockdown, NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery reveals.

The project began in mid-March with the demolition of a large building between Kim’s office at the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) headquarters building and what is often unofficially referred to as Kim’s Residence No. 15, according to Planet Labs satellite imagery. 

Work began at the same time on three other