North Korea has held a completion ceremony for a new tourist zone on the east coast, state media reported Friday, after it opened the Kalma beach resort last year in an effort to foster the tourism industry. The ceremony of inaugurating the Yombunjin Coastal Park Area in North Hamgyong Province took place Wednesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In July 2011, North Korea launched the building of a hotel in the Yombunjin coastal areas under the instruction of then leader Kim Jong-il, but the construction had lagged for a long time. Incumbent leader Kim Jong-un inspected the site in 2018, ordering a reconsideration of the hotel’s design and the construction of a modern coastal park. The KCNA said Yombunjin Haeyang Hostel and the beach area were splendidly built, with facilities ranging from movie theaters and shops to video arcades. “(The tourist park) will provide good rest and satisfactory convenience to not only the people in the province but also people who stop by for business trips,” Pak Myong-ho, chairman of the North Hamgyong Provincial People’s Committee, said
