N. Korean leader visits industrial facilities

SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il paid a visit to
industrial facilities in the country's northwest, the state's official media said
Saturday.
Kim was accompanied by Workers' Party officials, including Jang Song-thaek, a
department director of the party and his only brother-in-law, reported the Korean
Central News Agency (KCNA).
The report did not say when the visit was made, as is customary with reports on
the leader's tours.
The facilities, Huichon Precision Machinery Plant and Hichon General Machine-tool
Plant, lie in the city of Huichon, Jagang Province, bordering China.
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