N Korea Completes Third Hydro Power Plant Despite Western Sanctions
16:43 23.04.2016
Kim Jong Un,North Korean leader, stated that a third hydroelectric power station in North Korea near the border with China was launched.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Pyongyang finished construction of a third hydroelectric power station in North Korea near the border with China despite Western attempts "to suppress" the country's principles of self-reliance, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, said Friday.
"The completion of the first, second and third hydroelectric units of the Baekdu Songun Youth Power Station during the year inflicted a a serious blow to the United States and its allies, who with diabolical perseverance are aiming to strengthen sanctions against the DPRK and to suppress its aspirations and principles of self-development and self-reliance," Kim said, as quoted by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA).
The construction of the third nuclear plant was finished ahead of the schedule in order to present it to the first congress of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party since 1980, which is set to be held in May.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated after North Korea successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.
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