Even in the middle of a cold snap, North Korea has launched a final race to complete the Sinuiju Greenhouse Complex, currently under construction on Wihwa Island in the Yalu River near Sinuiju.
Analysis of satellite data from Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8, as well as Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) imagery, showed that North Korea is conducting high-intensity construction to finish early, with full mobilization of construction personnel—despite freezing temperatures below -10 degrees Celsius (-14 degrees Fahrenheit)—and late-night labor.
North Korea has pushed ahead with construction of a massive greenhouse complex covering 450 hectares on Wihwa Island, which would be the largest greenhouse complex the country has announced. KCNA recently reported that leader Kim Jong Un paid his first on-site guidance visit of the new year to the Wihwa Island construction site, where he encouraged workers and checked on progress. About 97% of construction has been completed, with workers having begun the completion stage. South Korean media believe construction on the complex may be completed in February, one year after it began.
Satellite images indicate that the Sinuiju Greenhouse Complex covers about 450 hectares. This is about 1.5 times the area of Yeouido, an island in Seoul's Han River regarded as the South Korean capital's Manhattan.
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