March 29, 2024
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Dozens of highrises sprout up in Pyongyang as Kim Jong Un’s June deadline looms

State media suggests rapid progress, but recent failures to finish ambitious projects cast doubt on timely completion

Dozens of new high-rise apartments have begun to dot the Pyongyang skyline two months after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un demanded the army build two entirely new urban districts for more than 10,000 families by the end of the year.

Soldiers and North Korea’s so-called “youth shock brigades” seem to have worked day and night to build concrete apartment buildings at least 10 stories high as of mid-May, according to images published in state media as well as the Russian embassy in Pyongyang.

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