Overview
- State media reported Kim personally inspected hotel rooms, leisure areas and shops, with images showing him testing mattresses and walking the snowy grounds alongside his daughter.
- The complex features five high-end hotels, indoor and outdoor hot springs, restaurants including barbecue venues, shops and other recreation facilities.
- KCNA presented the project as evidence of national progress, quoting Kim calling it a clear proof of constant growth and asserting the people have nothing to envy.
- Samjiyon lies near Mount Paektu, a location central to the regime’s mythology and the Kim family’s official narrative.
- Analysts and a South Korean Unification Ministry official say the push targets hard currency from visitors in China and Russia and is part of broader tourism expansion ahead of the 2026 party congress.