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Seoul, Feb 11 (IANS) North Korea said on Wednesday that a landmark housing project launched at a previous party congress to build 50,000 living units in Pyongyang will soon be complete, marking a major preparatory step ahead of another party congress later this month.”The goal of building 50,000 living units in the capital, set at the eighth party congress, is nearing … final completion according to the party-set schedule,” the Rodong Sinmun, the party-run newspaper, said.The housing construct…

Seoul, Feb 2 (IANS) North Korea has inaugurated a major greenhouse farm in Sinuiju, a northwestern city hit hard by flooding in 2024, with leader Kim Jong-un calling it a “wonderful achievement” ahead of the country’s upcoming party congress, according to state media Monday.Kim attended the ceremony inaugurating the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm the previous day, reports Yonhap, quoting the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). It took place around one year after the groundbreaking ceremony was …

Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected the construction site of a greenhouse farm in the northwestern city of Sinuiju for his first ‘field guidance’ of the year, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Saturday.Kim traveled by his private train to the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm the previous day, whose construction is nearing completion, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).North Korea has been building a large greenhouse farm in vast areas of Wihwa Isla…