Kim Jong-un attends huge construction ceremony as North Korea faces 'persevering struggles'
Telegraph, 13 Feb 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a new mammoth construction project in Pyongyang on Saturday, state media reported early on Sunday.
The aim is to build another 10,000 homes in a suburb of the capital, Kim said in a speech, "even though the present conditions and circumstances are more difficult than ever before," according to the North's Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea's state television station showed thousands of construction workers gathered to listen to Kim's speech.
Coordinated explosions sent plumes of earth into the sky after Kim's speech, marking the start of the project.
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The aim is to build another 10,000 homes in a suburb of the capital, Kim said in a speech, "even though the present conditions and circumstances are more difficult than ever before," according to the North's Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea's state television station showed thousands of construction workers gathered to listen to Kim's speech.
Coordinated explosions sent plumes of earth into the sky after Kim's speech, marking the start of the project.
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