N.K. ceremony to build 2026's 1st regional development factory

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (rear, at podium) attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Unnyul, South Hwanghae Province, western North Korea, on Jan. 29, 2026, for the year's first factory to be built under Kim's regional development policy, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. In January 2024, he ordered the building of modern factories in 20 cities and counties each year over a 10-year period to improve the living conditions of people in regional areas. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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