Monday, February 17, 2025

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un triggers huge explosion in capital for construction project

The development in the Hwasong suburb of Pyongyang aims to build 10,000 flats, part of a five-year project to construct 50,000 new apartments.

THEY DON'T HAVE NUKES BUT THEY DO HAVE ULTRA HIGH EXPLOSIVES

Monday 17 February 2025 08:39, UK

A huge blast, detonated by Kim Jong Un, created enormous clouds of dust and smoke. Pics: Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)


North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has detonated explosives creating a massive blast during a groundbreaking ceremony at a construction site in the capital, state-run media has reported.
Footage showed Mr Kim making a speech in Pyongyang on Sunday, surrounded by enthusiastically cheering crowds, before twisting a switch to ignite explosions.
The blast threw enormous clouds of dust and smoke into the air.

Mr Kim addressing crowds of people, reportedly construction workers

The project in the Hwasong suburb aims to build 10,000 flats, part of a five-year plan to construct 50,000 new apartments.

He addressed hundreds of people, reportedly construction workers, who were standing in coordinated sections.

They had been assembled with matching hard hats to create colourful sections in the crowds.

Enthusiastic crowds waved flags, clapped and cheered as Mr Kim arrived for the groundbreaking ceremony

"The Hwasong area will soon become more famous not only as a cradle of the happy and civilised life of the people but as a land of history, which tells new miraculous tales of indomitable socialist Korea," Mr Kim said in a speech translated by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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