Pyongyang General Hospital This photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 7, 2025, shows Pyongyang General Hospital, which held an inaugural ceremony the previous day. (Yonhap)
Cooling down on river in Pyongyang North Korean people cool themselves down amid the summer heat on a round-shaped pleasure boat on the Taedong River in Pyongyang, in this undated photo taken from the website of the Chosun Sinbo, a Tokyo-based pro-Pyongyang newspaper, on July 7, 2025. (Yonhap)
Completion of new apartments in Pyongyang This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on April 16, 2025, shows North Korean people taking part in a ceremony in Pyongyang’s Hwasong area the previous day to mark the dedication of 10,000 apartments in the third-stage housing section of the newly developed area. The North’s leader Kim Jong-un attended the ceremony on the birth anniversary of his grandfather and national founder Kim Il-sung. (Yonhap)
N. Korea holds 1st int’l marathon in 6 years Runners, including those from abroad, take part in an international marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. It marked the North’s first international marathon in about six years after a hiatus due to COVID-19. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader inspects apartment construction site in Pyongyang North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) inspects the construction site for a new apartment complex in Pyongyang on April 5, 2024, ahead of its completion, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported the following day. (Yonhap)
Snow in Pyongyang North Korean people walk along the sidewalk in the snow in Pyongyang on Feb. 21, 2024, as the North Korean capital observed an average of 8 centimeters of snow from the early hours through 5:00 p.m., in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)
Just think that for housing this is about as good as it gets for most people in North Korea:
North Korea has held a ceremony to mark the completion of building another housing district in Pyongyang as part of the country’s project to construct 50,000 units of new homes in the capital by 2025, state media reported Monday.
The North held the ceremony to celebrate the completion of the construction of new residential areas in the Taephyong district in Pyongyang on Sunday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The Taephyong district in western Pyongyang is located near Mangyongdae, the birthplace of North Korea’s late founder Kim Il-sung, also the grandfather of the current leader Kim Jong-un.
N.K. premier inspects new apartments in Pyongyang North Korean Premier Kim Tok-hun (C) visits the Hwasong area in Pyongyang, where 10,000 apartments have been built on the occasion of the late North Korea founder Kim Il-sung’s 111th birth anniversary, in this undated photo released on May 3, 2023, by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Fireworks in PyongyangThis image from North Korea’s Korean Central Television shows fireworks exploding over Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2022, during an event to celebrate the 77th founding anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
