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Kim Jong Un Inspects New Chicken Farm South of Pyongyang
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0:43Now PlayingNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new chicken farm being built in a county south of capital Pyongyang, calling for improvements to what he described as an outdated poultry industry, state media said Thursday.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency didn't say exactly when Kim made the trip to the construction site in Hwangju. The report didn't mention any comments by Kim about U.S.-led international sanctions over his nuclear weapons programme, which have increased pressure on the North's broken economy.
On Monday, the KCNA said that Kim visited the construction site of a showpiece hospital in Pyongyang and berated officials over poor planning and budget management. His comments possibly indicated that the country is struggling to secure supplies amid sanctions and a coronavirus lockdown.
Kim appeared to be in a better mood at the chicken farm. The KCNA quoted Kim as saying that the facility, which will be producing "thousands of tons of delicious and quality meat and tens of millions of tasty and quality eggs every year," will make "significant contributions to the dietary life" of his people.
He described the facility as a model for modernizing chicken farms in the rest of the country, which he described as "backward" and mostly more than two decades old.
Kim desperately sought sanctions relief during a flurry of diplomacy with the United States in 2018 and 2019. But talks have faltered since his second summit with President Donald Trump in February 2019.
Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim's major economic goals by forcing the country into a lockdown that shut the border with China, its major ally and economic lifeline, and potentially hampered his ability to mobilize people for labor.
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