North Korea plans to reestablish Mount Kum gang resort
North Korea plans to redevelop its flagship Mount Kumgang tourist complex into an international resort, a year after leader Kim Jong Un ordered South Korean built buildings there demolished, state media reported on Sunday. The resort once a prominent symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation was built by South Korea’s Hyundai Asan on one of North Korea’s most scenic mountains, drawing hundreds of thousands of Southern visitors. But last year, Kim condemned the development with South Korea as an eyesore and described facilities there as “shabby” and built like “makeshift tents in a disaster-stricken area or isolation wards”, ordering their removal. On Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim Tok Hun, North Korea’s premier, stressed “the need to build the tourist area our own way” to turn it into a “cultural resort envied by the whole world”, during his visit to the area. He also called for pushing ahead to turn the area into a “modern and all-inclusive interna