North Korea to redevelop flagship tourist resort

Nature’s beauty: Local tourists walking on the trail at Mount Kumgang, known as Diamond Mountain, in North Korea. — AP

Seoul: 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.

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.