Tag: construction
Pyongyang tests shipyard’s limits with massive cargo vessel project
North Korea has tasked the Ryongnam Ship Repair Plant in Nampo with constructing an 18,000-ton cargo vessel, marking an ambitious test of the country's...
N. Korean logistics officials scramble to feed workers
With state-sponsored construction projects underway in Sinuiju city and Uiju and Yomju counties in North Pyongan province, officials responsible for feeding construction workers are...
Drunken fight between soldiers and militia leaves three dead in Samjiyon
A source recently told Daily NK that a violent clash between soldiers and civilian militia in Samjiyon, Ryanggang province, left three dead and sent...
N. Korean construction workers fuel black market in stolen building materials
North Korea's ambitious factory construction drive has created a black market economy, with workers stealing cement, lumber and steel to trade with cash-strapped locals...
New homes in flood zones show major defects less than year...
Serious problems have surfaced in new homes built in flood-hit regions last year, less than 12 months after construction finished. People say the issues...
From Vladivostok: Witnessing the divide between North Korean leaders and laborers
I wrote this article at the departure gate of Vladivostok Airport in Russia. All direct flights to and from Vladivostok have been suspended due...
Workers’ hell: Inside North Korea’s brutal construction program
North Korea is mobilizing vast numbers of military construction workers, work brigades, and factory laborers for a nationwide building program aimed at constructing regional...
Concrete promises: N. Korea’s rural upgrade
North Korea has announced plans to construct 20,000 housing units across 130 agricultural areas this year, according to the regime's Rodong Sinmun newspaper.
The official...
N. Korean youth face ideological training at border greenhouse construction
North Korea has launched ideological lectures for youth workers mobilized to construct large-scale greenhouse farms near Sinuiju and Uiju in North Pyongan province. The...
Pyongyang’s housing project: Potemkin villages with skywalks
North Korea is racing to slap together the final 10,000 apartments of its ambitious five-year housing project in Pyongyang, with state media breathlessly reporting...
