{"id":44400,"date":"2020-04-09T08:09:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T23:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44400"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:10:34","slug":"new-pyongyang-hospital-sparks-concerns-shoddy-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/new-pyongyang-hospital-sparks-concerns-shoddy-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pyongyang hospital sparks concerns over shoddy construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans are expressing concerns that the new hospital being built in Pyongyang will be poorly constructed, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the Pyongyang General Hospital to be built last month and finished by October.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources said that the entire nation has been mobilized to take part in the project, which means construction efforts will not be hindered by the lack of materials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They warned, however, that the project period is so short that certain construction processes &#8211; such as the curing of concrete (keeping the concrete moist or damp until it achieves its desired strength and durability) &#8211; may not be done properly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources also expressed concern about the risk of construction site accidents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe hospital construction requires a large number of workers to ensure it\u2019s completed on time and this could lead to many accidents,\u201d one source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean construction projects typically focus on speed rather than safety; as a result, many construction workers have been involved in accidents over the years, ranging from falling off high places to electrocutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Daily NK has long chronicled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/workers-subjected-to-dismal-conditions-at-north-koreas-tanchon-power-station-construction-site\/\">poor conditions<\/a> workers suffer under at various construction sites in the country.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the risks to the workers, North Korea will stop at nothing to complete the hospital by October 10 (the founding anniversary of the country\u2019s communist party) \u201ceven if the hospital isn\u2019t operational for a year because of interior construction work,\u201d one source told Daily NK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey will move forward with the construction completion ceremony and show Kim walking around the hospital on television,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many North Koreans have shown negative reactions toward the building of the hospital, Daily NK sources further reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany Pyongyangites know the hospital won\u2019t benefit them directly and aren\u2019t happy about all the fuss,\u201d one source said. \u201cThat kind of attitude is prevalent in Pyongyang, so you can imagine the reaction is much worse outside the city.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans living outside of Pyongyang are likely unhappy because all the funds and materials available is going to the hospital, he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Apr. 2, Rodong Sinmun claimed that \u201cdedicated\u201d North Koreans throughout the country were sending materials over the construction site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The paper reported on Apr. 8 that the country had completed all the excavation work for the hospital, just 20 days after the start of the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ED%8F%89%EC%96%91%EC%A2%85%ED%95%A9%EB%B3%91%EC%9B%90-7%EA%B0%9C%EC%9B%94%EB%A7%8C-%EC%99%84%EA%B3%B5-%E5%8C%97-%EB%82%B4%EB%B6%80%EC%84%9C-%EB%B6%80%EC%8B%A4%EA%B3%B5%EC%82%AC-%EC%9A%B0\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Koreans are expressing concerns that the new hospital being built in Pyongyang will be poorly constructed, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the Pyongyang General Hospital to be built last month and finished by October.\u00a0 Daily NK sources said that the entire nation has been mobilized to take part 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