Why North Korea Spent Billions Building this Fake Resort

Inside North Korea: This investigative North Korea documentary exposes the dark truth behind Kim Jong Un's luxury resorts. We reveal why the regime poured billions into "ghost resorts" like the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area and Masikryong Ski Resort—not for genuine North Korea travel, but as calculated tools of control and propaganda.
From the empty slopes of Masikryong to the unfinished beaches of Wonsan, we explore the hidden purpose of these projects: staging fake prosperity, enabling military activity, and trapping foreign investors. This deep dive into life in North Korea goes beyond the facade of Pyongyang to understand the real cost of dark tourism in the DPRK. Discover how these empty hotels serve as leverage in hostage diplomacy and what they tell us about North Korea's economy and regime survival.
In this North Korea facts deep dive, you will learn:

The real reason behind the construction of Wonsan-Kalma.
How Kim Jong Un uses tourism loopholes to bypass sanctions.
The strategic military value hiding behind luxury facades.
Why these billion-dollar projects remain empty ghost towns.

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