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| ▲ In this image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 27, 2025, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C, in white) tours newly built facilities in South Hamgyong Province under his signature regional development drive on Aug. 26. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 27, 2025, shows newly built facilities in North Korea's South Hamgyong Province under leader Kim Jong-un's signature regional development drive. Kim inspected the area on Aug. 26. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
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N. Korea's Kim visits new local aquafarm to reaffirm regional development drive
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly completed aquafarm and fishing village in the eastern coastal region, reaffirming his regional development drive, state media reported Wednesday.
Kim toured the offshore farm and the "modern" fishing-village residential district in Ragwon County, South Hamgyong Province, the previous day, expressing satisfaction with their "picturesque" quality and the speed of construction, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
The Ragwon facility is the second aquafarm built under Kim's signature regional development drive, following the first one in the eastern coastal city of Sinpho, completed in December last year.
The construction of the Ragwon aquafarm began in February, with Kim attending the groundbreaking ceremony.
Kim touted the buildings as "the outcome of the high ideological readiness and redoubled efforts of the Korean People's Army upholding the policy of the (ruling) party on regional development with absolute loyalty and devoted struggle."
The leader reaffirmed the party's regional development policy, saying, "Regional rejuvenation ... will be successfully fulfilled only when all the regional builders make redoubled efforts ... to learn from and overtake the architectural culture and new civilization of the capital."
Kim also discussed a new long-term plan for "cultivating the economic potential of the county," ordering a launching ceremony for the new facilities.
The KCNA described the new aquafarm and the fishing village construction as "this year's major project" under Kim's regional construction policy aimed at promoting the independent development of the regional economy and improving the material life of regional people.
An entourage of key party officials accompanied Kim on the visit, including party secretary Jo Yong-won and his influential sister Kim Yo-jong.
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