North Korea: Crowds see leader Kim Jong-un open 'model' town

North Korea has officially opened a new town its media is calling the "epitome of modern civilisation".

Leader Kim Jong-un cut the red ribbon at Samjiyon near Mount Paektu in the north - hailed as one of the country's most important construction projects.

But forced labour is said to have gone into the construction of Samjiyon.

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