Google Earth has some new satellite imagery of Pyongyang. Here are some of the new things:
We can see the new Mansudae Area construction (AKA Changjon Street)–visited by Kim Jong-un:
I previously blogged a photo of this area here.
We can see the new Breast Cancer Research Institute located at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital–visited by Kim Jong-un:
We can see the new Ryugyong Health Complex and outdoor ice skating ring–visited by Kim Jong-un:
We can see the new Rungra Fun Fair, water slides, and dolphin aquarium–visited by Kim Jong-un:
We can also the construction of a new health complex on the site that used to be the Yanggak Golf Course:
We can also see progress on the convention center and hotel space going up behind the Koryo Hotel:
We can see the new KPA Exhibition of Arms and Equipment in Mangyongdae–visited by Kim Jong-un ( h/t reader):
I previously blogged about this here.
And someone in the Ryongsong Kim Family compound is getting a home makeover (h/t reader)!
New Taekwondo Hall:
New National Gift Hall in Mangyongdae which features Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il statues:
This gift hall was first mentioned on the North Korean evening news on 2012-9-6:
39° 0’23.11″N 125°40’40.71″E What kind of new complex is this?
It’s the KPA Exhibition of arms an equipment:
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2012/04/28/kpa-exhibition-of-arms-and-equipment/
39° 0’59.11″N 125°40’53.24″E Another finished building. Looks like some kind of sports hall.
I am still waiting for the Streetview.
In the Kim family compound, immediately to the North-West of the big swimming pool with a slide (about 39 deg 07’22” N 125 deg 48’31” E), there is something new that looks like a track of some kind… any idea what that could be?
“39° 0’59.11″N 125°40’53.24″E Another finished building. Looks like some kind of sports hall”
Yep, it’s the new Taekwando Center: https://www.nkeconwatch.com/nk-uploads/TKD-center-2011-9-4.jpg
A new construction project taking shape in the city center near the Tadeong river. Anybody has a clue what it is?
39° 0’40.17″N 125°45’11.91″E
And two more new structures, possibly that new restaurant/fish shop?
39° 2’26.55″N 125°44’28.79″E