Published : Sept. 30, 2017 - 10:33
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a farm, calling for the need to develop seeds that produce a higher yield, Pyongyang's state media said Saturday.
Kim inspected the "Farm No. 1116" under the control of KPA Unit 810, according to the Korean Central News Agency monitored in Seoul.
A photo of Kim inspecting a farm earlier this September (Yonhap)
While visiting facilities on the farm, Kim called for more attention to efforts aimed at developing new crops that produce a higher output and the use of such high-yield seeds across the country, the KCNA said.
The North Korean leader visited the farm earlier in September when he ordered the establishment of a high-tech farming research institute, and ever since then, the farmers and researchers there have made progress in developing bumper-crop seeds in a short period of time, according to the state media.
Kim was accompanied by party, military and state officials, including Choe Ryong-hae, a vice chairman of the Workers' Party, the media report said. His latest visit came before the start of the Chuseok holiday. (Yonhap)