N. Korea alters construction plans for Yonpo Greenhouse

N. Korea alters construction plans for Yonpo Greenhouse

The adjustment in the timeline for some parts of the massive construction project suggest that materiel shortages and COVID-19 have taken their toll.

North Korea recently made alterations to its initial construction plans for Yonpo Greenhouse Farm, one of the country's most important building projects this year.

This suggests that the authorities — faced with the COVID-19 quarantine crisis and the resulting economic difficulties — had little choice but to adjust their timetable.

A military source in South Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Thursday that early this month, the general construction headquarters at the Yonpo Greenhouse Farm construction site in Hamju County sent directives to the onsite headquarters of construction units that called for changes in the initial building schedule "to ensure that construction is complete by the Party Foundation Day [Oct. 10] deadline."

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Source: Daily NK

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