Pyongyang’s Vanishing Islands: Satellite Images Reveal Aggressive Sand Mining in Taedong River

Pyongyang’s vanishing islands: Satellite images reveal aggressive sand mining in Taedong River

Recent satellite images capture the gradual disappearance of uninhabited islands in the Taedong River in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as a result of the extraction of sand and gravel to serve as aggregate in construction projects. Around ten ships are busy mining aggregate from islands of various sizes around Turu Island. Satellite images show the aggregate mining operations began early… Source

Pyongyang’s vanishing islands: Satellite images reveal aggressive sand mining in Taedong River - The Press United

Recent satellite images capture the gradual disappearance of uninhabited islands in the Taedong River in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as a result of the extraction of sand and gravel to serve as aggregate in construction projects. Around ten ships are busy mining aggregate from islands of various sizes around Turu Island. Satellite images […] The post Pyongyang’s vanishing islands: Satellite images reveal aggressive sand mining in Taedo…