Sprawling worker camp appears near North Korea’s military nerve center



Analysis Sprawling worker camp appears near North Korea’s military nerve center Imagery shows new construction project outside Pyongyang that may be housing for munition workers or greenhouse farm Colin Zwirko February 1, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Military construction teams gather inside a tent at a worker camp for the Mirim Riding Club project in 2013 \| Image: KCTV A giant construction worker camp has appeared in recent weeks in a suburb of Pyongyang long thought to house the headquarters of the country’s military industry, likely indicating a new improvement project is underway. NK Pro analysis of Planet Labs satellite imagery shows the new project began on and near Kangdong Airfield located northeast of the capital in the first days of January, with the camp reaching a size of around 84 acres (34 hectares) by Jan. 30. The camp resembles others previously set up at 10,000-home skyscraper street projects in the capital and at the “world Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 02New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 03How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 04What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 05What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 06If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 07North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses 08The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats 09What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine 10Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads

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Sprawling worker camp appears near North Korea’s military nerve center

Imagery shows new construction project outside Pyongyang that may be housing for munition workers or greenhouse farm

Colin Zwirko February 1, 2023

Sprawling worker camp appears near North Korea’s military nerve center

Military construction teams gather inside a tent at a worker camp for the Mirim Riding Club project in 2013 | Image: KCTV

A giant construction worker camp has appeared in recent weeks in a suburb of Pyongyang long thought to house the headquarters of the country’s military industry, likely indicating a new improvement project is underway.

NK Pro analysis of Planet Labs satellite imagery shows the new project began on and near Kangdong Airfield located northeast of the capital in the first days of January, with the camp reaching a size of around 84 acres (34 hectares) by Jan. 30.

The camp resembles others previously set up at 10,000-home skyscraper street projects in the capital and at the “world

01How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
02New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
03How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
04What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
05What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
06If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
07North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses
08The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats
09What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine
10Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads

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