North Korea’s Rural Development: The Houses and Move-in Day
2024年6月26日 · North Korea’s plan to rebuild rural housing and reverse “the backwardness of the countryside” is having real effects across the country. Villages have been transformed as old neighborhoods have been demolished and replaced with rows of new single- …
Free homes for rural North Koreans are unfit for country living
2023年10月20日 · North Korea is building free homes for people in the countryside, but the homes are impractical for the realities of rural life, residents told Radio Free Asia. A total of 650 homes were...
North Korea’s Rural Development: The First Projects Open
2024年6月13日 · After Kim Jong Un declared the beginning of a new era of “socialist rural construction” in December 2021, construction of new houses and apartments started with characteristic North Korean speed. Commercial satellite imagery indicates that within months of the announcement, demolition of old housing began at several locations across the ...
North Korea’s Rural Development: Touching Every Corner of the Country
2024年6月4日 · As of May 2024, new housing has opened in at least 190 locations spread across most counties. While the pace and scale of progress against the plan is impressive, it remains to be seen if Kim Jong Un will come close to his goal of reversing “ the backwardness of the countryside ” throughout the entire nation.
North Korea boosted rural housing project in 2024 by building …
6 天之前 · North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party led construction of over 25,000 new homes at rural farms across the country in 2024, according to NK Pro analysis of state media reporting, in the third year of leader Kim Jong Un’s “socialist fairyland” revival project aimed at increasing crop production. State media outlets like the Rodong Sinmun and […]
High-rises to harmonica houses: The places North Koreans call …
On the border: North Korea’s remote gateway to the world — in photos The DPRK’s border with China and Russia is home to bridges, ports and more set to be at center of post-COVID reopening
North Korea’s rural housing push expands nationwide, adding 20K homes …
2024年1月12日 · North Korea’s ambitious project to build new “modern” villages in rural areas picked up steam in 2023 after a slow start the previous year, according to NK Pro analysis of state media, resulting in new neighborhoods in nearly every city and county nationwide.
Free Housing in DPRK: A Priority for the People’s Wellbeing
2023年2月28日 · These projects have transformed the appearance of the capital city, providing sky-kissing apartment buildings. These flats are supplied free of charge to the DPRK citizens, reflecting the true feature of socialist Korea as a country for the people.
North Korea demolishes old houses to build new ones, …
2023年2月17日 · Satellite imagery reveals that in many cases, the new homes are built on top of where old homes once sat, suggesting that the government is knocking down existing homes to build new ones....
A deep dive into N. Korea's construction of 50,000 new homes in ...
2023年3月24日 · The construction of 50,000 homes in Pyongyang — promoted as one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s most prominent achievements — has entered its third year. Kim announced he would build a total of 50,000 homes in the capital Pyongyang by 2025 during the Eighth Party Congress in January 2021, with the country slated to build 10,000 homes ...