SEOUL: North Korea expressed anger Saturday after Switzerland blocked a deal to supply key equipment for a ski resort which has been under construction as one of leader Kim Jong-Un's pet projects.
The Masik ski resort has been heavily promoted by the North's propaganda machine since Kim visited it in June.
Kim wanted the facility -- with 110 kilometres (70 miles) of multi-level ski runs, a hotel, heliport and cable cars -- completed by the end of the year.
The North's Skiers Association said Saturday that ski courses have already been built with a hotel and other facilities nearing completion.
But "some countries" are blocking the import of "cableway equipment" for the resort, it said in a statement.
"This is a wanton violation of the UN Charter clarifying that sanctions should not impose sufferings and damage on the peaceful existence and activities of mankind and the people in relevant countries," it said.
Swiss company Bartholet Maschinenbau had reportedly all but agreed to sell mechanical chair lifts and cable cars to Pyongyang.
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