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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended New Year celebrations in Pyongyang with his daughter Kim Ju Ae, featuring fireworks, patriotic performances, and a taekwondo demonstration. Kim praised the country's progress in 2025 and emphasized unity ahead of the upcoming Workers' Party Congress, while also sending New Year's wishes to North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine and receiving messages from world leaders.
North Korean and Russian military officials met in Pyongyang to discuss strengthening cooperation amid ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, with reports of North Korea possibly preparing additional troop deployments to Russia, as South Korea monitors the situation closely.
A Russian cargo plane secretly delivered 20 North Korean soldiers' remains to Pyongyang, revealed through state TV, amid broader commemorations for fallen troops and ongoing war-related activities, with indications of additional repatriations possibly involving more flights.
The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is an abandoned skyscraper that has never hosted a single guest. Construction on the "Hotel of Doom" began in 1987 but was halted due to economic troubles in North Korea. Despite ongoing construction and attempts to revive the project, the hotel remains unfinished. It has become a subject of international fascination and serves as a backdrop for propaganda messages and performances. The cost of finishing the building is estimated to be around 5% of North Korea's entire GDP.
The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is an abandoned skyscraper that has never hosted a single guest. Construction on the "Hotel of Doom" began in 1987 but was halted due to economic troubles in North Korea. Despite ongoing construction and attempts to revive the project, the hotel remains unfinished. It has become a subject of international fascination and serves as a backdrop for propaganda messages and performances. The cost of finishing the building is estimated to be around 5% of North Korea's entire GDP.
North Korea celebrated the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, with leader Kim Jong Un taking part in the ceremony. The housing project is part of a plan to build 50,000 new apartments in the capital over the course of five years, with some construction projects still ongoing amid foreign suspicion of food shortages. Kim reaffirmed his idea to make Pyongyang a "world-famous" city.