North Korea UNSEEN VIDEO: Kim Jong Un Unveils Five-Star Lavish Resort With Daughter by His Side

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has inaugurated a lavish mountain resort in Samjiyon, accompanied by his daughter, widely believed to be Kim Ju Ae. The state media hails the project as a symbol of national progress and pride, featuring five hotels, leisure areas, barbecue spots, and even hot tubs. Photos show Kim personally inspecting hotel rooms, recreation spaces, and catering facilities, reinforcing the leadership’s hands-on approach. The luxury resort starkly contrasts with widespread poverty and malnutrition in the country, highlighting the gap between elite projects and ordinary citizens. The opening comes as North Korea reopens to Russian and Western tourists, ahead of the 2026 Workers’ Party Congress.    #KimJongUn #NorthKoreaLuxury #SamjiyonResort #KimJuAe #LuxuryInNorthKorea #NorthKoreaNews #KimJongUnResort #MountPaektu #NorthKoreaTourism #NKLuxury #KimJongUnInspects #NorthKoreaDevelopment #ResortOpeningNK #NKPropaganda #LuxuryVsPoverty  ~ED.420~HT.408~

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00:00North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has inaugurated a luxury

00:29mountain resort in Samjeon, a city nestled in the northern highlands of the country.

00:36State media is portraying the project as a symbol of national progress and pride, with

00:42the resort boasting five hotels and multiple leisure facilities aimed at domestic tourists.

00:49According to the Korean Central News Agency, the complex includes cozy leisure areas, barbecue

00:56dining spots, and even hot tubs, a promise of escape and comfort amid the rugged terrain

01:03near Mount Bakhtu.

01:05During the inauguration, Kim Jong-un personally inspected the resort's facilities, from hotel

01:12bedrooms to recreation spaces and catering areas.

01:17State-released photographs show him accompanied by his daughter, widely believed to be Kim

01:22Jue, sending a strong message about potential succession and the family's hands-on leadership

01:28style.

01:30In one image, Kim was seen checking the firmness of mattresses and walking through the landscaped

01:36ground, reinforcing the narrative that the top leadership is personally overseeing projects

01:42meant to reflect comfort, quality, and modernity.

01:47Kim Jong-un and Mount Bakhtu hold deep symbolic value in North Korean ideology.

01:53The mountain is portrayed in state propaganda as sacred to the Kim family.

01:58Official narratives even claim it as the birthplace of Kim Jong-il, although historians disagree,

02:04saying he was born in the Soviet Union.

02:07Yet, the luxury on display stands in sharp contrast to North Korea's economic reality.

02:14The country ranks 118th out of 127 on the Global Hunger Index, with one in five children suffering

02:22from stunted growth due to malnutrition.

02:26Analysts also note that the average monthly wage for workers in state-run factories is estimated

02:33at just US$3, raising questions about who could actually afford to stay at such luxury resorts.

02:41The opening comes as North Korea seeks to boost tourism after reopening borders to Russian

02:47tourists in 2024 and briefly allowing Western visitors in early 2025.

02:54Chinese tourism, once a major source of revenue, has yet to return.

02:59Experts suggest the timing is also political.

03:03The resort's inauguration comes ahead of the Korean Workers' Party Congress in 2026, where

03:09economic priorities for the next five years will be outlined, with tourism expected to feature

03:15prominently in official messaging.

03:18So while the visuals of luxury mountain escapes and family leadership are prominent, the reality

03:25on the ground remains a country struggling with poverty and hunger, highlighting the contrast between

03:32image and everyday life in North Korea.

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