Kim has said the housing projects faces “unprecedentedly harsh challenges”. He mobilised the young labour units, called dolgyeokdae or “Shock Brigade”, in his pet infrastructure initiatives which have often faced lacklustre progress amid resources shortages, including a massive housing campaign in the northern alpine town of Samjiyon.
In Sopo, he aims to create a “distinctive street” with about 4,100 homes, in addition to a recently launched drive for 10,000 apartments, Kim said, thanking some 100,000 young men who volunteered to join the plans.
The new housing project would serve as “another proud page in the history of youth movements” and a symbol of the country’s socialist revolution and “political struggle”, Kim said.
“The distinctive architectures of this street will intuitively show our nation’s status and rapid development,” Kim said, accompanied by his young daughter who has appeared recently in a series of major events.
“It will clearly prove it to the world how our movement and struggle are advancing and developing and how vigorously they are expanding even in the face of the most arduous trials and difficulties,” he added.
