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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a construction site in Samjiyon County, Ryanggang Province. Image: Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As North Korea mobilizes massive resources to \u201cspruce up Samjiyon County,\u201d nearby Hyesan City is also seeing active development. Although the city is being rapidly modernized thanks to \u201cspeed battles,\u201d there are frequent accidents occurring at construction sites. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of apartments have been constructed near where statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il were built in Hyemyung-dong (neighborhood) in Hyesan in 2015,\u201d said a source based in Ryanggang Province on September 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe appearance of the city is changing a lot because of the construction of apartments in Hyesan-dong and Wiyon-dong.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The source added that the development of Yonbong-dong (neighborhood) is almost complete. “Daycare centers and apartments have been built in Yonbong-dong and in Songhu-dong, which is near Wiyon-dong. An athletics center has been built to the happiness of students who can now exercise regardless of the weather,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also reported that the area around Yonhong Market, which is located between Wiyon-dong and Songbong-dong, has seen the construction of new houses over the past three years, and in Kumsan-ri, which is just outside of Hyesan City, the houses have been painted red.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Local residents experienced inconveniences because the existing one-story houses in front of Wiyon Station were torn down to make way for apartment construction,\u201d he said, “but now people are living in and selling things from their apartments, engaging and escorting customers inside to show them their offerings.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

As apartment construction continues in Hyesan, a shortage of construction materials has arisen. According to a separate source in Ryanggang Province, materials are now being brought in from China. Real estate agents from other areas are flocking to the newly constructed apartments and rental prices are rising.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the construction boom has taken over the entire city, there has been a rise in construction site accidents. The \u201cspeed battles\u201d employed to conduct hurried construction together with the lack of safety equipment has led to collisions, falls, and electrocutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

In mid-August, iron bars being moved by a large crane at an apartment construction site in Wiyon-dong collapsed, crushing two workers below, a separate source in Ryanggang Province reported.
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One of the victims was reportedly the Party Organization Secretary of Samjiyon County, and his death caused a major uproar in the area. <\/span><\/p>\n

“The Samjiyon County Party Organization Secretary was punished for issues relating to a Party project and sentenced to two years of \u201crevolutionary training\u201d from October 2016. Since then, he had been working as a laborer at the construction site. His \u201ctraining\u201d was due to be completed in just two months, after which he was scheduled to return to his original position,” the source explained. <\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, he continued, a 26-year-old member of a construction \u201cshock brigade\u201d died after being electrocuted on an exposed electricity wire as he was working on the walls of a newly constructed apartment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although industrial accidents continue to occur at construction sites, the authorities are failing to implement effective safety measures. Most of the accidents can be at least partially blamed on the attitude of complacency displayed by the authorities in terms of safety regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe construction project managers demand rapid progress, so the construction process is haphazard and accidents occur in places that workers don\u2019t expect them to,\u201d the second source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe death of the County Party Organization Secretary led to emphasis by the project managers to \u2018be careful,\u2019 but if an ordinary worker dies, nobody says anything.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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