Judging by its scale, the institution will be the largest of its kind on the Korean Peninsula, and possibly even in the world. Experts also note that the DPRK has recently carried out large-scale housing construction, as well as the construction of other infrastructure, to which the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, pays great personal attention.As it became known from “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, the construction of a new restaurant is underway in a picturesque place in Pyongyang – on the banks of the Taedongan River, opposite another well-known catering establishment, Oknyugvan. The foundation of the building is currently under construction.Judging by the photograph of the explanatory diagram in the possession of RG, which is placed on the fence surrounding the construction site, the restaurant will have several floors, and the design will be carried out in a traditional oriental painterly style. There is also a large open veranda overlooking the shore, with a round gazebo.According to the explanatory inscription, the restaurant will serve “sweet meat”. So, in the DPRK they call dishes from dog meat, which is one of the gourmet dishes on the traditional menu. The establishment would become the largest dog meat restaurant in Juche Land and possibly the world. Unlike South Korea, where in recent years the consumption of dog meat has rapidly declined and corresponding restaurants, although still there, are rapidly disappearing, in the DPRK these dishes are perceived as an integral part of the tradition. local cuisine and does not consider it necessary to abandon them under pressure from Western activists.In general, as DPRK observers note, large-scale housing construction, as well as the construction of other infrastructure, has recently been carried out at a very active pace in the country, and especially in the capital. Newer buildings usually have a sleek, modern design with oriental touches.Construction management in the DPRK is receiving increased attention at the highest management level. So, according to reports in the DPRK media today, on Saturday, February 25, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, took part in the ceremony to launch the construction of a new street in the district from Sopo, north of Pyongyang. It is planned to build houses for 4100 apartments in this area.Interestingly, at Saturday’s ceremony, in addition to senior officials, the DPRK leader was accompanied by his daughter Kim Joo-ae, whom the media called a “beloved child” without revealing her name yet. Kim himself, his daughter and accompanying officials personally picked up shovels and threw sand into the foundations of houses. It’s her daughter’s seventh appearance in public since last November and the first time she’s taken part in a non-military event.It should be noted that the Seopho Street project is being implemented in addition to another that is underway in the Hwaseong metropolitan area, where houses for 10,000 families will be built. The implementation of any construction project in the DPRK has been regularly reported lately. Residential buildings and objects of entertainment, recreation, greenhouses, power plants and other buildings are being built.
