Kim Jong-un Builds a Luxury Resort at Missile Launch Site

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smiled while visiting an apple garden in Kwail County, southern Hwanghae province (STR / KCNA VIS KNS / AFP)

In the seaside town of Wonsan, a number of North Korean families staged a barbeque party on the beach, fishing, and eating royal jelly ice cream in the summer. For their leader, Kim Jong-un, the venue is a summer resort, a future 'palace' for tourism, and a missile launch area.Reported by The Straits Times, Wonsan has indeed become a popular tourist destination for families in North Korea to enjoy summer activities. There is also Kim Jong-un to build a number of new buildings, ranging from ski resorts, five star hotels, and airports.

Today, the place that is home to 360,000 people is being built into a multibillion-dollar tourist attraction. At the same time, Kim has also launched 40 missiles from the region."Maybe it sounds crazy for people to launch missiles from places he wants to build economically, but that's how Kim Jong-un runs his country," said North Korean economist Kyungnam University Lim Eul-chul.

According to some researchers, the combination of missile launch sites and tourism is Kim Jong-un's strategy to defend his regime.
Kim first announced the construction of Wonsan in 2014. According to North Korean Economy Watch, in the design of the development of the facility, mentioned about the construction of world-class facilities, including super five star hotels a luxury called Wonsan Hotel.
at the same year, North Korea has also held the largest military drill on the coast near the construction site.
An associate professor at Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies, John Delury, said Kim wants North Korea  more prosperous than his father Kim Jong-il.
"So far, Kim works better in terms of economic growth," Delury said.

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