N. Korean leader inspects chemical complex

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il inspected a chemical
complex and called for the early completion of a gasification project to increase
fertilizer production, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported
Thursday.
The KCNA did not say when Kim made the visit to Namhung Youth Chemical Complex in
the city of Anju in the North's South Pyongan Province.
During the visit, Kim instructed officials at the complex to use modern
production processes to increase the varieties of chemical goods produced for the
country's economic development and the people's lives, the KCNA said.
According to the KCNA, Kim also said "the most important task facing the complex
at present is to finish the gasification process construction in a short span of
time to start the fertilizer production."
Kim was accompanied by Workers' Party Secretary Kim Ki-nam, as well as the
party's department directors, Jang Song-thaek and Pak Nam-gi.
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