{"id":42258,"date":"2019-09-24T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42258"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:49:47","slug":"construction-continues-night-and-day-on-sinuiju-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/construction-continues-night-and-day-on-sinuiju-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction continues night and day on Sinuiju apartment building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efforts appear to be accelerating on the construction of an apartment building in Sinuiju as laborers work on apartment exteriors during the day and continue on the interiors into the night, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe exterior of the circle-shaped apartment building being built near the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge in Sinuiju is almost complete,\u201d a Daily NK source reported on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, there have been cases where apartment construction has been declared completed in North Korea, but with only water, electricity and windows being completed on the interiors. The apartment building in the photo appear to be of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-family-idolization-continues-in-sinuiju-construction-projects\/\">special interest<\/a> to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, meaning that residents will be moving into fully finished apartments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In photos released by Dong-A University professor Kang Dong-wan recently, the apartment building appears to be lit up to aid construction work at night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kang noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tongil2020\/posts\/2457654027613582\">Facebook post uploaded on September 16<\/a> that the lights were not turned off and sparks from welding activities in the building were seen through the Chuseok holiday in Sinuiju. He also remarked in the post that a \u201cspeed battle\u201d is currently underway following Kim Jong Un\u2019s order to develop the city, and laborers are working precariously on the high building \u201cwithout any safety equipment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Sinuiju in November 2018 to conduct on-site guidance for the city and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-un-orders-sinuiju-development-project-completion-by-2022\/\">also demanded that construction be completed<\/a> by Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday (April 15) in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite work on the apartment building day and night, a lack of building materials has made progress on construction slow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe lack of funds has made it difficult for the regime to acquire building materials,\u201d another Daily NK source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The regime reportedly had to drastically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/materials-shortage-leads-to-sluggish-construction-progress-in-sinuiju\/\">slow down or even halt construction<\/a> in areas of Sinuiju in February this year due to material shortages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another major project in the country, the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/150000-workers-head-to-wonsan-kalma-coastal-tourist-zone-in-extreme-cold\/\">suffered from delays due to material shortages.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodong Sinmun released a panorama of apartment buildings in early June which it referred to as the \u201cSinuiju 26-8, 9 and 10 Apartments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts appear to be accelerating on the construction of an apartment building in Sinuiju as laborers work on apartment exteriors during the day and continue on the interiors into the night, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 \u201cThe exterior of the circle-shaped apartment building being built near the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge in Sinuiju is almost complete,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":42259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[140,222],"class_list":["post-42258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-construction","tag-border"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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