Pyongyang, April 18 (KCNA) — The construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital is progressing apace in the DPRK. The builders finished the ground excavation in 20-odd days after the start of its construction and got down to the ground concrete tamping. The ground concrete tamping has exceeded 40 percent as of now. In this regard, […]
Author: 38 North
Rodong Sinmun, April 14, 2020 — The Chollima Steel Complex supplied more than 1,000 tons of steel to the Pyongyang General Hospital under construction as of late March. The complex properly directed production on the principle of concentrating efforts on production of rolled steel so as to make the high spiritual strength of the masses […]
Kim Jae Ryong Inspects Various Units
Pyongyang, April 12 (KCNA) — Premier Kim Jae Ryong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and member of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, inspected the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory nearing completion and the Nampho Medical Appliances Factory. The officials, workers and builders of the […]
Rodong Sinmun, April 9, 2020 — Soldier-builders of the Guards Hero Brigade and the builders of the Eighth Construction Bureau are waging a vigorous struggle to realize the noble will of the Workers’ Party of Korea on building the Pyongyang General Hospital for the people on a modern basis at an early date. The building […]
Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) — A huge task of ground excavation was finished in a little more than 20 days after the construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital began. Soldier-builders dug out hundreds of thousands cubic meters of earth till April 5 ahead of schedule. Builders of the Eighth Construction Bureau carried out on a […]
Pyongyang, April 7 (KCNA) — The Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory under construction has been landscaped on the eve of the completion. The builders have planted trees of good species with much care and manured and tended them in a scientific and technological way to suit the external environment of the modern factory. As a result, […]
Naenara, April 3, 2020 — The whole nation gives positive assistance to the construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital. Pyongyang and Nampho municipalities sent a large number of tools and materials to the construction site. South Hwanghae, Jagang and North Phyongan provinces sent materials and tools badly needed for the normal operation of vehicles and […]
Pyongyang Times, April 2, 2020 — Amid the fierce competition between the construction units involved in the construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital, the excavation for foundations has reached the 63 percent level and concrete laying of the foundations is being pushed ahead simultaneously.
The Samjiyon City Project
The Samjiyon City project is one of North Korea’s largest redevelopment projects. It has involved the construction of the Hyesan-Samjiyon Railway, new power and telecommunications infrastructure, and the almost complete redevelopment of Samjiyon Township. Hundreds of new buildings have been constructed, two new railway stations added and many tourist and propaganda sites have been erected […]
Pyongyang, March 30 (KCNA) — Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Kim Jae Ryong, member of the Political Bureau of […]