April 26, 2024
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First month of ‘200-day battle’ is 120 percent success: N.Korea

Heavy emphasis on increased electricity output in both thermo and hydro electric power plants

North Korean industrial output reached 120 percent of its target during the first month of a recently launched “200 day battle,” state newspaper Rodong Sinmun said on Tuesday, though failing to provide reliable data to back up its claims.

The latest mass mobilization campaign, which kicked off in early June, follows the completion of a high intensity nationwide “70 day battle” which ended in May, just prior to North Korea’s Seventh Party Congress event.

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