DPRK Premier Visits Construction Work at Wisong Street Apartments and May Day Stadium

DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (1) visits the renovation of the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang. Also seen in attendance is Ro Tu Chol (2), DPRK Vice Premier and Chairman of the State Planning Commission (Photo: KCNA).

DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (3rd R) visits the construction of the Wisong Street apartment complex in Pyongyang (Photo: Rodong Sinmun)

DPRK state media reported on 5 July (Saturday) that Premier Pak Pong Ju (Pak Pong-chu) visited the construction of the Wisong Street apartment complex and the renovation of May Day Stadium.  According to KCNA Pak toured the construction sites and encouraged “the builders working a fresh miracle through a collective innovation movement, in hearty response to the instructions given by Marshal Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) while providing field guidance to them.”  He also “called on the builders to step up the construction on the highest level so that they may take responsibility for the safety of the projects and guarantee their absolute quality for all eternity and widely introduce the advanced building methods” and “underscored the need to satisfactorily supply materials needed for the finishing projects.”