New Looks of Pyongyang
New Looks of Pyongyang Pyongyang, capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has now turned more magnificent under the wise guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is executing a grand plan for its development. A new street, called Changjon, went up in the downtown area, followed in succession by modern streets and residential districts–typically, Mirae Scientists, Ryomyong, Songhwa, Hwasong, Rimhung and Jonwi streets and the Pothong Riverside Terraced Houses District–and monumental edifices have mushroomed to facilitate development of the educational, scientific, public health, cultural and other fields. In particular, the project of building 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, as decided by the Workers’ Party of Korea at its Eighth Congress, has made progress successfully, with the result that a new modern urban district has come into existence in the Hwasong area, comprising super-highrise and highrise apartment blocks, which are in ideal harmony with one ...