Pyonghattan Skyscrapers Arise Out Of Crippling North Korean Sanctions

The last few years haven’t been good for North Korea as crippling sanctions and isolationism have caused the rogue country to turn inward and continue showing the world the country is doing fine. But now North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put his soldier-builders to work on yet another major project — a series of apartments and high-rises that are once again changing the Pyongyang skyline, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. The project is intended to show "the spirit of the DPRK standing up and keeping up with the world, despite all sorts of sanctions and pressure by the U.S. imperialists and their followers.” – Kim Jong Un statement “…the truth that the DPRK is able to be well-off in...