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Pyongyang General Hospital Construction

  • By: 38 North
  • February 4, 2021
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Rendering of Pyongyang General Hospital.
Figure 1A. Progress at the hospital site, February 3, 2020. Image © 2020 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-nc-sa 4.0.
Figure 1B. Progress at the hospital site, April 2, 2020. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 1. Overview of Pyongyang General Hospital construction site. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 2. Construction work on the two towers. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 1. Comparison of hospital shape on satellite imagery versus the architectural rendering broadcast by Korean Central Television. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 1. Overview of hospital construction site. Image Pleiades © CNES 2020, Distribution Airbus DS. For media options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 3. Hospital construction continues.
Figure 1. Features of hospital rendering visible in construction progress.
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Figure 1. Pyongyang General Hospital construction continues. Image Pleiades © CNES 2020, Distribution Airbus DS. For media options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 2. Drone capture of Pyongyang General Hospital. (Source: KCTV via Martyn Williams)
Figure 1C. Close-up of hospital construction progress, July 22, 2020. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 1A. Overview of Pyongyang General Hospital construction, August 8, 2020. Image Pleiades © CNES 2020, Distribution Airbus DS. For media options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 1B. Overview of Pyongyang General Hospital construction, September 17, 2020. Image Pleiades © CNES 2020, Distribution Airbus DS. For media options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 1. Exterior of Pyongyang General Hospital appears complete. Image Pleiades © CNES 2020, Distribution Airbus DS. For media options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 2A. Pyongyang General Hospital, October 2020. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact [email protected].
Figure 2. Pyongyang General Hospital externally complete, area paved and landscaped.
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