Major preparations for new construction have appeared near North Korea’s long-stalled Wonsan Kalma beach resort in recent weeks, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery, pointing to a possible resumption of work on the resort or a new, unrelated project.

North Korea started to build the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area in 2018, but it has sat mostly idle since 2020. It includes over a hundred hotels, shopping and entertainment facilities along a 3.5-mile-long (5.5 km) stretch of beach on the east coast.

Planet Labs imagery shows a new construction worker camp covering 17 acres (7 hectares) began