North Korea needs all the help it can get in the construction of a new residential district dedicated to Pyongyang's scientists, but a request to donate household goods to the effort is drawing backlash. The Kim Jong Un project known as Ryomyong Street, or "Avenue of Dawn," completed its first phase of construction in 2015 at a cost of $88.4 million. A North Korean source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK the state has been issuing "various directives in succession" regarding the Ryomyong project, including orders for ordinary North Koreans to donate households goods, like pots and pans, to the project. State-controlled KCNA reported delegates gathering for the fourth meeting of its 13th Supreme People's Assembly, to be held Wednesday, contributed "support material" at the construction sites along Ryomyong. ...
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