North Korea to redevelop flagship tourist resort

In a photo taken on December 17, 2020 people walk past North Korean flags as they visit the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of 9th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death, in Pyongyang. - AFP

SEOUL, Dec 20 (AFP): Pyongyang plans to redevelop its flagship Mount Kumgang tourist complex into an international resort, a year after leader Kim Jong-un ordered South Korean-built buildings there demolished, state media reported Sunday.

The resort -- once a prominent symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation -- was built by South Korea's Hyundai Asan on one of the North's most scenic mountains, drawing hundreds of thousands of Southern visitors.