North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the groundbreaking ceremony for a greenhouse farm in South Hamgyong Province and ordered it to be completed by the anniversary of the founding of the party on October 10.



The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party, reported that General Secretary Kim gave a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Yeonpo Greenhouse Farm in Yeonpo District, Yeonju-gun, Hamgyeongnam-do yesterday (18th) and made the first shovel.




General Secretary Kim said, "In order to guarantee the people abundantly fresh namsae (vegetables) for all seasons under Korea's natural climatic conditions, we need to build a lot of greenhouses and realize modernization, intensive and industrialization of namsae production."



“The Yeonpo Greenhouse Farm is currently the largest and most modern greenhouse farm in Korea, and has doubled in size and production capacity compared to the Jungpyeong Namsae Greenhouse Farm, which was completed two years ago. It is equipped with much more advanced technologies and facilities in terms of aspects,” he emphasized.



He said that he plans to build a new farm district by building about 1,000 houses of various types around the greenhouse farm and also constructing schools, cultural centers, and general service facilities.



General Secretary Kim said that the People's Army decided to take charge of the construction, and ordered that it be completed in 230 days by October 10, the anniversary of the founding of the Party.



The construction of the Yeonpo Greenhouse Farm appears to be one of the recent 'rural reforms' that North Korea is emphasizing.



General Secretary Kim re-attends the groundbreaking ceremony held less than a month after visiting the greenhouse farm site, so it can be seen that this is a project that the North Korean authorities are promoting with that much importance.



Chosun Central Television highlighted the loyalty of Kim Jong-un as he left the scene by filming the attendees rushing to the scene through drones, etc.




As the crowds gathered, General Secretary Kim held out his upper body and waved his hand through the sunroof of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) presumed to be a Lexus.



(Photo = Chosun Central News, Yonhap News)