http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/#comment-119213 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Samjiyon railway part of 2012 plans Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:41:45 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/#comment-119213 [...] In September, Barbara Demick wrote in the Los Angeles Times about a number of construction projects ...: Except for the monuments glorifying leader Kim Jong Il and his father, Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea, hardly anything new has gone up in decades. By night, the city is so quiet you can hear a baby crying from far across the Taedong River, which cuts through the center of town. [...] […] In September, Barbara Demick wrote in the Los Angeles Times about a number of construction projects …: Except for the monuments glorifying leader Kim Jong Il and his father, Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea, hardly anything new has gone up in decades. By night, the city is so quiet you can hear a baby crying from far across the Taedong River, which cuts through the center of town. […]

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/#comment-118684 stngiam Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:21:31 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/#comment-118684 Actually, I was surprised by the amount of construction going on not just in Pyongyang but outside as well. Not monuments, either, but mundane stuff like apartments and buildings in the contryside as well. Certainly a lot of the tourist facilities are renovating and expanding. I'm beginning to suspect that the Americans believe their own propaganda too much. Actually, I was surprised by the amount of construction going on not just in Pyongyang but outside as well. Not monuments, either, but mundane stuff like apartments and buildings in the contryside as well. Certainly a lot of the tourist facilities are renovating and expanding. I’m beginning to suspect that the Americans believe their own propaganda too much.

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/#comment-112631 Simon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:48:36 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/09/27/pyongyangs-construction-boom/#comment-112631 Interesting piece, there are certainly a fair amount of buildings going up or being beautified in Pyongyang right now, not sure if the apartments by the Pueblo could really be considered to be for the 'elite' though, they just look like all the other apartments in Pyongyang. One thing in the article is a nonsense though; Korean guides simply do not deny the very existence of the Ryugyong hotel, this is a falsehood originating in the 'Idiots Guide to understanding North Korea' I have found all Koreans perfectly happy to talk about it and also a variety of theories on what went on with it and when it would be finished and in what form, if anyone has been there and asked about it and heard a response simply denying the manifest reality of it being there I would be very surprised Interesting piece, there are certainly a fair amount of buildings going up or being beautified in Pyongyang right now, not sure if the apartments by the Pueblo could really be considered to be for the ‘elite’ though, they just look like all the other apartments in Pyongyang. One thing in the article is a nonsense though; Korean guides simply do not deny the very existence of the Ryugyong hotel, this is a falsehood originating in the ‘Idiots Guide to understanding North Korea’ I have found all Koreans perfectly happy to talk about it and also a variety of theories on what went on with it and when it would be finished and in what form, if anyone has been there and asked about it and heard a response simply denying the manifest reality of it being there I would be very surprised

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