DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered changes to the design of Pyongyang’s new international airport to reflect the country’s socialist ideology after saying the layout looked like ‘a copy’ of a foreign facility.

North Korea state media reported on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.

Kim called a halt on work on Terminal 2 at Pyongyang International Airport after inspecting the construction site, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

He reproached workers for failing to carry out his earlier order in July that the project should reflect North Korea’s ‘Juche’ (self-reliance) philosophy and national identify.

North Korean architecture is characterised by its monumental but drab socialist style incorporating propaganda symbols of the communist state.

BDST: 1623 HRS, NOV 01, 2014