North Korean media reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a housing construction project in the capital, Pyongyang, and introduced him as saying, ``We will always keep our promises to the people, no matter how difficult it is.'' He appealed for improvements in the lives of the people.
On the 24th, North Korea's Labor Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported that a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to construct 10,000 housing units was held in the capital Pyongyang on the 23rd, and General Secretary Kim Jong Un attended. .
North Korea plans to build 10,000 housing units each year in the capital, Pyongyang, and develop 50,000 units over the next five years.
At the ceremony, Prime Minister Kim Dok-geun gave a speech in which he introduced Kim's words, ``We will always keep our promises to the people, no matter how difficult it is,'' and appealed for improvements in the lives of the people.
Some of this housing is provided free of charge to people who have contributed to the party for many years, and experts have pointed out that the housing policy is intended to increase loyalty to the regime.