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12:30, 01-Jun-2019
Kim Jong Un visits factories linked to missile launches
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On Saturday, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s state news agency KCNA released reports of leader Kim Jong Un providing "field guidance" at a number of factories and cities, without saying when the visits happened.
Among the sites Kim visited was the February 8 General Machine Factory, which has been used to build ballistic missile launchers. The machine factory was the site of the July 28, 2017 launch of a Hwasong-14 ICBM that Kim observed.
KCNA said Kim called for a "higher modernization plan" for the factory, while he watched a range of daily necessaries being produced.
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site of Yangdeok, DPRK, in this undated photo released on October 31, 2018. /Reuters Photo
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site of Yangdeok, DPRK, in this undated photo released on October 31, 2018. /Reuters Photo
In many cases, the visits appeared to be linked to efforts to reduce reliance on imported chassis for its missile launching vehicles, the report said.
Kim also visited the Kanggye General Tractor Plant and the Kanggye General Precision Machine Plant, KCNA said.
The DPRK top leader has declared his nuclear force "complete" and announced an end to tests of long-range missiles and nuclear weapons.
(Cover: DPRK leader Kim Jong Un supervises a "strike drill" for multiple launchers and tactical guided weapon into the East Sea of Korea during a military drill in the DPRK, May 4, 2019. /Reuters Photo)
Source(s): Reuters