Kim unveils Pyongyang housing for families of North Koreans killed in Ukraine

North Korea has completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. State media images showed leader Kim Jong-un walking down the new Saeppyol Street and visiting the homes with his daughter, believed to be Kim Ju-ae, as he pledged to repay the “young martyrs” who “sacrificed all to their motherland”.

Kim said the Hawasong-area district symbolised the “spirit and sacrifice” of the dead troops and that the homes were meant to allow bereaved families to “take pride in their sons and husbands and live happily”. He said he had pushed to finish the project “even one day earlier” in the hope it might bring “some small comfort” to those families.

The move follows intensified propaganda glorifying troops deployed to Russia’s war in Ukraine, including a new memorial complex in Pyongyang.

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