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North Korea's Kim marks completion of Pyongyang housing project as key party congress nears
The 50,000-unit Pyongyang housing project, a key initiative to ease shortages and improve living, was completed ahead of the Ninth Party Congress, state media reported.
- On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the completion of 10,000 new houses in Pyongyang's Hwasong District, KCNA reported with photos published Tuesday.
- Kim has been touring construction sites and touting progress as the project advances the 50,000 metropolitan housing goal set at the Eighth Congress five years ago.
- KCNA images show Kim Ju Ae at the completion ceremony, hugging, congratulating residents, and inspecting musical instruments.
- Representatives for the upcoming congress arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, and Kim said it will set a `grander goal of restoration and creation`, KCNA reported.
- Analysts note rising speculation that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed for leadership, citing her public appearances ahead of the Ninth Workers' Party Congress, which can bring leadership change.
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