Overview
- North Korean outlets reported that a completion ceremony was held on January 20 in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province, with Kim Jong Un on site.
- The resort stands in a long-established hot-spring area where Kim ordered construction in 2018, according to state media accounts relayed by Kyodo.
- Reports say the redevelopment replaces facilities labeled “old and dim” and previously criticized by Kim for unhygienic operation.
- The project was finished later than initially targeted, with formal opening scheduled for February 2026.
- Japanese reporting frames the event as a domestically focused achievement tied to Party messaging, with details based solely on North Korean state media and not independently verified.