<Pchjongjang> has a brightly new airport terminal

Pyongyang - Travelers visiting the new airport terminal in the North Korean capital Pyongyang will be able to purchase chocolate fondue, espresso, Mars bars, branded shirts, or luxury watches. Communist North Korea has completed a number of expensive modern construction projects in recent years, but according to human rights organizations, most people in the DPRK still live in poverty and cannot afford to enjoy these luxuries.
The state newspaper Rodong Sinmun today dedicated several pages to the upcoming opening of the brightly colored new building. Photographs also show young North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un touring the terminal's restaurants and shops with his wife.
The terminal, which will serve only a handful of flights, is expected to open on July 1. The glass building is reportedly six times larger than the old terminal, but the number of passengers using it is likely to remain low. Most flights occur along the route between Pyongyang and the Chinese capital Beijing. They are used either by Chinese tourists or North Korean political or economic officials.
The North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun published three pages of images featuring DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju inspecting the terminal. One of the photographs shows typical Western goods such as Mars bars, Werther's Original candies, and bottled beer in the airport's duty-free shop. Another photograph captures a café where espresso-based coffee drinks are served.
According to the North Korean news agency KCNA, during the airport tour, Kim also called for the construction of a high-speed railway and highway between Pyongyang and the airport, which is located about 24 kilometers northwest of the capital.
Upon taking power in 2011, Kim promised to improve the standard of living in the isolated DPRK. However, the majority of completed projects, such as ski resorts or water parks, are unaffordable for ordinary citizens. Most of the population in the DPRK continues to live in poverty and suffers from a lack of food, drinking water, and stable electricity supplies, noted the BBC News reporting server.
The new airport terminal was presented in the North Korean press on the day that the DPRK remembers the 65th anniversary of the start of the Korean War (1950-53). The conflict ended only with a ceasefire agreement, not a proper peace treaty, so both Koreas remain technically in a state of war to this day.