A North Korean organization is seeking foreign capital to help enhance the productivity of a coal-mining complex and begin operating a thermal power station, among other plans, a DPRK state-run website revealed this week.

The investment proposal, released by the Ministry of External Economic Relations-run Korea Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Committee, will see funds go towards the reconstruction and modernization of the Chongnam Shaft of the Anju Area Mining Complex in South Pyongan Province.

Through the investment, the committee aims to increase annual coal production capacity, as well as complete a set of thermal power generating facilities — though the precise