Nearly two years after its original opening deadline, a major North Korean beach resort is showing signs of progress — all while the country juggles other topline construction projects and grapples with an economy squeezed by COVID-19.

According to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery, there are now signs that thousands of workers stationed at the sprawling Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area are moving out after large parts of temporary camps surrounding the zone were removed in the first half of March. Dump trucks also moved around inside the camps and near hotels located inside the zone in February