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Kim Jong Un encourages fishery workers to meet production goals

Fisheries industry appears key to leader's plans for North Korea's domestic economy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commended fishery workers at the third meeting of activists in fisheries under the Korean People’s Army on Monday in Pyongyang.

Park Young Sik, head of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces, offered an appreciation letter to the workers who achieved their goal for this winter season, as suggested by the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Kim Jong Un has attended this event for three straight years since 2013, which indicates his intent to grow the industry for the purposes of improving the domestic economy.

“The achievement of fishery workers and fishermen, to catch a