North Korea has finished building a railway station at the Wonsan-Kalma tourist area on the east coast, state media said Friday, as the nation seeks to nurture tourism. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said a ceremony marking the completion of Myongsasimni Station took place the previous day, attended by high-ranking officials, including Vice Premier Pak Hun. State media lauded the 7,000-square-meter station as a “standard for local railway stations, designed to meet its mission, function and purpose of tourist travel.” The resort, one of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s signature development projects, officially opened in June 2025 and can reportedly hold up to 20,000 visitors at a time. While visiting the resort in June to inspect its facilities, Kim unveiled plans to modernize railway stations in provincial cities across the country, urging officials to draw on lessons from the project. The North has ramped up efforts to draw visitors to the resort, running domestic flights to and from Pyongyang since July 23. According to Flightradar24, a flight-tracking site, state carrier Air K
