Kim Jong Un recently visited a weapons factory and highlighted the importance of increasing munitions to combat North Korea’s enemies, state media reported Thursday.

Accompanied by ruling party secretaries Pak Jong Chol and Jo Chun Ryong, among others, Kim inspected the modernization and current production capacity of the factory, according to the party-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun.

The daily did not specify when Kim’s visit took place or which plant he visited but noted the leader’s satisfaction with the “innovative transformation” of the “vanguard factory” since a previous tour of multiple armament plants last August. 

Amid increasing regional tensions,