North Korea held an opening ceremony on Saturday for one of the country’s top priority construction projects in the Yangdok Hot Spring Cultural Recreation Center, state media announced Sunday.

With leader Kim Jong Un in attendance, the resort’s construction was hailed as a victory over difficulties brought by the country’s “enemies” and a significant achievement in speedy construction completed in “less than a year.”

Demolition of a greenhouse complex and catfish farm on site began in the fall of 2018 and resort construction began this past spring, and while its completion was originally slated for October, it was later pushed