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Satellite images show a new factory being built on a 3.3-hectare lot in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province. Kyongsong was one of the first areas designated for provincial development as part of North Korea’s “20×10 regional development policy,” which was unveiled at the beginning of this year.
An analysis of imagery from a WorldView-3 satellite (with a 30-centimeter resolution) taken on May 29 shows new buildings going up on farmland in Kyongsong Township, Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province. Crains, trucks and stacks of construction materials are also visible around the construction site.
Given the extended shape of the buildings under construction, the site is presumed to be a factory complex rather than a residential complex. In addition, the building frames and groundwork are currently underway, suggesting that the buildings are not intended to have basements.
North Korean media have reported that Kyongsong County was among the 20 cities and counties selected for this year’s provincial factory construction projects in line with the 20×10 regional development policy. That raises the possibility that this factory is being built as part of that policy.
New factory will likely process local foods and manufacture light industrial products
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Friday that the construction site is indeed a “light manufacturing complex in Kyongsong.”
“This complex is supposed to host a factory for assembling regional specialty products, as well as several associated factories and companies,” the source added.
Kyongsong is famous for its pottery and pine mushrooms, as well as seafood, given the county’s location along the coast.