North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to accelerate development and ensure that “more substantial benefits” reach the public in a speech on the fifth day of the Ninth Party Congress, criticizing “extreme negligence” in the management of newly built facilities.

Kim’s remarks appeared to point to problems with his signature regional development initiative, which aims to build new factories across the country but which experts say is unlikely to receive adequate government support.

In a speechconcluding his review of the Workers’ Party’s work, Kim said the newly elected Ninth Central Committee would repay party members’ trust with “responsible