Kim Jong Il, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has visited iron ore mines in the Chaeryong District in the southwestern province of Hwanghae-namdo for "guidance on the spot".
The Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday that the Leader of the Country during the visit praised the wineworkers for supplying metallurgical enterprises of the country with the raw material.
Kim Jong Il urged senior officials of the enterprise to devote special attention to the working and living conditions of the miners. As a result of the inspection tour, he is reported to have determined priority tasks for the enterprise and expressed confidence that the miners at Chaeryong mines would efficiently accomplish their honorary mission of front-rankers of Socialist economic development.
The present tour by Kim Jong Il is regarded here as yet another illustration of the DPRK leadership's increased attention to the problems of the metallurgical industry.
In mid-March, local media had reported the Leader's visit to a large integrated metallurgical mill in the neighbouring province of Hwanghae-pukto. At that time the DPRK Leader had called on the workers to boost the production of ore and coal for the needs of the enterprise and ensure an uninterrupted supply of raw materials to the production complex.
Foreign observers also note an increase in the overall number of inspection tours by Kim Jong Il about the country in recent months. This year, the Leader of the Republic appeared in public more than 40 times -- approximately three times as many as in the corresponding period of last year.
Source: Itar-Tass
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