Kim Jong Un Visits Airport Terminal Construction Site
Kim Jong Un smokes a cigarette during his visit to the construction of a terminal at Pyongyang Airport (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
Kim Jong Un tours the construction of Terminal #2 at Pyongyang Airport. Also seen in attendance are VMar Hwang Pyong So (1st left), Ma Won Chun (3rd left) and Director of the DPRK General Bureau of Civil Aviation Kang Ki Sop (2nd right) (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
DPRK state media reported on 11 July (Friday) that Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) visited the construction of a terminal at Pyongyang Airport. Attending the visit were VMar Hwang Pyong So (Director of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Political Department) and Ma Won Chun (Director of the National Defense Commission Design Department). KJU’s last observed appearance was his visit to the wake of Jon Pyong Ho.
Kim Jong Un tours the construction of Terminal #2 at Pyongyang Airport in the Sunan District (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
Kim Jong Un views the progress of the construction of an airport terminal (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
Kim Jong Un talks with civil aviation officials during a tour of the construction of a terminal at Pyongyang Airport (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
After arriving at the construction site, KJU was briefed on the progress of the construction and layout of the Terminal #2. He noted that ” the soldier-builders have successfully carried out the construction of the terminal as intended by the party” and said he “was pleased with their work.” According to KCNA KJU praised the KPA construction workers “for having done a lot of work” and “indicated the tasks to be fulfilled to wind up the construction and ways to do so.” He said that “the Terminal of Pyongyang International Airport is like a gateway to Pyongyang and the face of the country” and “underscored the need to build it as a proud edifice in the era of the Workers’ Party both in architectural style and contents and as befitting the appearance of the highly civilized socialist nation.” He said that “it is important to firmly preserve the Chuch’e character in architecture” and he instructed “officials to introduce the world trend and good experience of other countries into the construction of the terminal and, at the same time, make sure that national identity is preserved in it.”
Kim Jong Un also “underscored the need to build the arrival lounge, the lounge for departure formalities, departure lounge, resting lounge, interview room and restaurant, etc. for the best convenience of passengers and to be impeccable in the aspects of architectural beauty and formative art” and he “underlined the need to equip the terminal with all modern facilities and build service facilities in a peculiar manner and make thorough arrangements for service from now.” KJU proposed that airport staff be prepared “to improve the service and specified tasks and ways for doing so” and “called for building more service facilities including hotel and bus stops near the terminal and energetically pushing forward a project for face-lifting the environment of the area of Sunan where the terminal is located.” He also “stressed the need for the soldier-builders to enhance their responsibility and role and for the Cabinet, the ministries and national institutions to render positive material and moral assistance to the builders in order to finish the construction of the terminal as scheduled.” He noted that “construction of Terminal No. 2 of the airport is the project to which the party pays particular attention” and “expressed expectation and conviction that the soldier-builders would successfully complete the project qualitatively and thus build the terminal as an impeccable monumental edifice in the era of So’ngun (Military-First).”
