Groundbreaking means inauguration

January 13, 2026

The phrase “Groundbreaking means inauguration” was coined in the DPRK as lots of edifices for the well-being of the people are inaugurated in the year when the relevant groundbreaking starts.

Regional-industry factories in Songchon County, the first result of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Regional Development 20×10 Policy, were built ten months after the relevant groundbreaking, the Sinpho City Offshore Farm, a new model base for shallow-sea culture, several months after the relevant groundbreaking, and the Ragwon County Offshore Farm and fishermen’s modern residential area which comprehends all elements and features of socialist civilization completed only a little over 190 days after the relevant groundbreaking.

In November last year, the Kangdong County Hospital was inaugurated only a little over 280 days after the relevant groundbreaking.

The inauguration of entities for the rejuvenation and development of the DPRK and well-being of the people in the years when there takes place the relevant groundbreaking manifests the speed of change and advance, that of the country, which shows the acceleration of its advance.

THE PYONGYANG TIMES

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