North Korea has hailed the completion of 10,000 new housing units in the Phase 3 section of the Hwasong District, located on the northeastern outskirts of Pyongyang, describing the achievement as Another Hwasong Myth and claiming it represents a decisive guarantee for completing the broader project of building 50,000 new homes in the capital.
On Friday, the Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the Workers’ Party, published a KCNA special bulletin that praised the Hwasong District Phase 3 project as a demonstration of the great revolutionary spirit of our Party and the powerful forward march of our great state, declaring the construction work had been successfully completed and laid a solid foundation for completing Pyongyang’s 50,000-unit housing goal.
The paper claimed General Secretary Kim Jong Un personally oversaw every detail of the Hwasong development, aiming to transform it into a model for urban planning and administrative zoning in the capital. It stated he paid meticulous attention to site layout, zone distribution, architectural style, construction quality, operational functionality of public service facilities, and even the airtightness of residential windows. The article emphasized that Kim personally finalized over 660 design plans, highlighting his alleged devotion to the people.
The newspaper acknowledged that the task of building 1,770 residential units across 15 buildings—1.7 times the scale of the Phase 2 project—along with massive service infrastructure on the ground floors and additional public buildings, was a daunting challenge under current capacity and resources. Nevertheless, it claimed the builders took on the task voluntarily and achieved success.
The completed Phase 3 zone includes facilities such as a 300-seat computer game room (Internet café), the planting of over 69,400 trees, and the creation of around 300,000 square meters of lawns as part of landscaping efforts.
The Rodong Sinmun declared the project signals the arrival of a new era of Pyongyang’s prosperity and urged continued progress in future construction goals.
With the completion of Phase 3, North Korea is approaching the fulfillment of its 2021 pledge, made at the 8th Party Congress, to build 10,000 new housing units annually in Pyongyang over five years, totaling 50,000 homes. The plan has included the completion of 10,000 units in the Songshin-Songhwa District in 2022, Phase 1 in the Hwasong District (Hwasong Zone) in 2023, and Phase 2 (Rimhung Street) in 2024, with Phase 4 construction in the Hwasong District currently underway.