Komdok Mining Region: A Pending Promise
The back-to-back typhoons late last summer, and in particular, Typhoon Maysak, ravaged the mining area of Komdok, destroying many of…
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Pyongyang Speed: 34 High-Rise Apartments Rise in 3 Months
Three months to the day after Kim Jong Un broke ground on a major project to build 10,000 apartments in…
A New Skyline Emerges in Sinuiju
Commercial satellite imagery shows construction is progressing on six large buildings on a riverbank in Sinuiju, and more could be…
North Korea’s Cement Industry: More Than Meets the Eye
Background For decades, cement has been the preferred building material in North Korea. Limestone, a key ingredient in making cement, is…