North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the construction of a mega greenhouse farm on the border with China for the sixth time on Wednesday, where he said a chief purpose of the project has been cultivating loyalty to his leadership among the young citizens he sent to build it.

According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday, the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm is now “nearing completion,” nine months after “day-and-night” construction started on islands in the Yalu River (Amnok River) that suffered severe flooding last year.

Kim reportedly said that “though it is gratifying” to see