North Korean leader Kim Jong Un petted puppies and kittens with his delighted daughter as they toured a new Pyongyang housing district, state media said Friday.
The Hwasong area, formerly mostly farmland, is a newly developed residential district with about 40,000 housing units built through a series of projects launched in 2022 under Kim’s orders.
It is part of a broader construction push in the capital and across the diplomatically isolated, poor country aimed at improving living standards after years of Western sanctions and state-controlled economic policies.
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Streets of the district were “brimming with the joy and excitement of citizens who greeted the auspicious event of moving into new houses”, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Accordingly, “various service bases to contribute to improving the well-being of the inhabitants are stepping up the preparations for inauguration,” it said.
Kim, with his teenage daughter Ju Ae, visited a pet shop in the district, where he said: “Households rearing pets are increasing in the capital city and local areas nowadays.
“I saw to it that a new shop was built to sell pets and various accessories and offer the specialized service.”
Images released by state media showed a visibly delighted Ju Ae watching cats with her father and petting one perched on a tower while Kim sat just behind her.