Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Major Naval Base under Construction

Pyongyang, November 12 (KCNA) -- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Nov. 11 gave field guidance at the construction of major naval base on the east coast, which is being accelerated under the decisions of the Ninth Party Congress and the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Party Central Committee.

He was accompanied by Marshal Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the WPK Central Military Commission, leading officials of the WPK Central Committee and officials in the field of design.

Comrade Kim Jong Un was told about the progress of the project by commanding officers on the spot.

He referred to the orientation and prospect for building the centre of the Korean-style naval command, the center of naval culture and the center of naval combat capability as early as possible and building up the infrastructure of the naval base.

Saying that the prospect of the construction of the modern naval city is optimistic as there are the firm strategic plan of our Party and the high enthusiasm of the entire Party, the whole army and all the people who are enthusiastically responding to it, he clarified the strategic importance of the construction of the naval base.

He said that as the construction of the modern naval base is a crucial core undertaking directly related to the security of our state and the defence of its maritime sovereignty from A to Z, it should be completed without fail at the qualitative level required by the Party Central Committee within the period set by the Party Central Committee.

Comrade Kim Jong Un set forth guidelines on the arrangement of strategic elements for thoroughly realizing the modernization, multi-functionalization and fortification of the base and assigned important measures for the full-scale progress of the construction of the naval port including the powerful reinforcement of the commanding force of the project and the increase of the building force. -0-