North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to accelerate development and ensure that “more substantial benefits” reach the public in a speech on the fifth day of the Ninth Party Congress, criticizing “extreme negligence” in the management of newly built facilities.
Kim’s remarks appeared to point to problems with his signature regional development initiative, which aims to build new factories across the country but which experts say is unlikely to receive adequate government support.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to accelerate development and ensure that “more substantial benefits” reach the public in a speech on the fifth day of the Ninth Party Congress, criticizing “extreme negligence” in the management of newly built facilities.
Kim’s remarks appeared to point to problems with his signature regional development initiative, which aims to build new factories across the country but which experts say is unlikely to receive adequate government support.
