North Korea’s Kim Jong-un pushes for regional development with construction projects
Kim said the construction of health, science and grain management facilities in cities and counties is an essential, urgent task in accelerating and improving regional development, according to KCNA.
“Building light industry factories in local areas … alone is not enough to provide the regional people across the country with a sustained and improved material and cultural life,” KCNA quoted him as telling the meeting.
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Kim ordered prioritising the completion of modern health facilities “without fail” in the face of any challenges, KCNA said.
“He said that it is his first cherished desire to build city and county hospitals which will greatly contribute to improving the regional health situation [that is] relatively inferior, and promoting the life and security and health of local people,” it added.