North Korea has embarked on a new project to modernize its capital Pyongyang after leader Kim Jong-un pledged to turn it into a global city during last month's ruling party congress. An exhibition of construction equipment and a vehicle deployment event were held for the fifth-stage project in the Hwasong district. State media reported the developments on Wednesday.
North Korea has embarked on a new project to modernize its capital, Pyongyang, after leader Kim Jong-un pledged to turn the city into a global one during last month's ruling party congress, according to state media on Wednesday. An exhibition of construction equipment and an event to deploy related vehicles were held a day earlier for the fifth-stage construction project in Pyongyang's Hwasong district, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The Hwasong district is a newly refurbished housing area where a total of 40,000 housing units were built through four consecutive construction projects under Kim's guidance from 2022 to 2025. The fifth-stage construction was launched last month with Kim in attendance, and at the subsequent ruling party congress, the leader ordered the city to be developed into a model administrative unit with perfect political, economic, and cultural functions. Kim said relevant projects should be pursued continuously to turn Pyongyang into a 'great city equipped with the traits of a global city.' Choson Sinbo, a pro-North Korea newspaper based in Japan, said in a recent article that North Korea will enter a new stage of broadly revamping the capital's landscape, describing the four previous projects in Hwasong as aimed mainly at addressing housing needs.
