An apartment complex is seen in the fourth-stage housing section of Pyongyang's Hwasong area, in this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 18, 2026.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has opened a new group of apartment blocks in the capital Pyongyang. The development comes as part of five-year construction plan that began in 2021 to expand the city.

A picture released by North Korea's state news agency, KCNA, shows Hwasong, a new high-rise neighborhood being constructed in Pyongyang. - KCNA As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of ...

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(CNN) — As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, a glittering new high-rise neighborhood in the capital Pyongyang is taking center stage. Photos of the ...