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Kim Jong Un pushes missile production boost in factory visit before Xi summit

During visit to unnamed enterprise, leader repeats call for 2.5x increase in North Korea’s missile production capacity

Kim Jong Un called for increased missile production in a visit to a weapons factory on Saturday, underscoring his focus on weapons development two days before a summit with China’s president.

During a visit to the unspecified factory, the North Korean leader emphasized the need to boost capacity in line with the Korean People’s Army’s shifting combat organization and operational groupings, the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Sunday.

Kim was by senior ruling party and munitions officials including Munitions Industry Department Director Jo Chun Ryong and Missile General Bureau chief Jang Chang Ha, and photos published by state media