SEOUL - North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday (April 16) to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported.
Leader Kim Jong-un took part in the ceremony, the report said, as well as a number of senior government officials including Kim Tok Hun, premier of the Cabinet.
The milestone comes two months after Kim Jong-un broke ground in February on another housing project that has been described as yet “another luxurious street of socialism full of the people’s happiness” by KCNA.
In 2021, North Korea announced plans to build 50,000 new apartments in the capital over the course of five years.
Since then, North Korea said it has moved forward with a series of construction projects, some of which are still ongoing.
Kim said the housing project is a long-cherished plan being pushed forward as a “top priority” by the Workers’ Party of Korea and the state, and he reaffirmed his goal to make Pyongyang a “world-famous” city, according to KCNA.
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