"The hospital is being built on a block of land directly in front of the monument to the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea on the east bank of the Taedong River," 38 North said. "Until now, that area has been left open allowing a line-of-sight view between the monument and Mansudae Hill. It is notable that the hospital will obstruct this view between two of Pyongyang's (principal) propaganda sites."

