According to the highly erected Daily NK source in North Korea, the ordinance in this matter was issued in August this year. The decree is outlined by a huge strategic project, which on the one hand is to take advantage of the political symbolism of the city of Samjiyon and the PEKTU-SAN Mountains as places particularly important for North Korea, on the other-to provide the state cash register of cash. The investment is to be gigantic. He assumes, among others Modernization of the local airport, preparation of hotel chains and restoration of museums, installation of modern communication networks for reservations and payment, modernization of railway lines.
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The final investment plan is to be presented to the central authorities in November – informs the Daily NK source. Local officials from Samjiyon are to be done, but now, at the initial stage, they have doubts about the success of the project. The problem is, among others deficiency of materials, unreliable electricity installations and a busy work schedule. Officials also point out that the modernization of facilities and the construction of digital infrastructure are basically impossible without financing from the central government. And such a promise on the part of Kim Jong Una did not fall.
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The information has already reached the inhabitants of the city and the surrounding area. According to the source, they are afraid that they will be forced to work hard, which will absorb their time and energy. “The inhabitants of Samjiyon are quietly terrified at the thought of being forced to work at subsequent construction sites,” says the Daily NK source, adding that representatives of the regime control the mood at the spot and “exert ideological pressure”.
