Politics

Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected various sectors of the national economy.

At the Chollima Steel Complex, the premier stressed the importance of the duty of the complex in carrying out the new long-term goals set forth at the Ninth Congress of the WPK, calling for further improving the operating efficiency of the equipment, introducing rational methods of iron production in conformity with the actual conditions and actively tapping and mobilizing reserves and ways for increased production and economy.

At the Unjong Farm in Sonchon County and the Ilhae Farm in Jongju City which have reaped a rich harvest by selecting right crops and cultivating them in a scientific and technological way, he encouraged officials and agricultural workers who performed great feats in this year's farming. He said that the successes achieved in the agricultural sector clearly prove the validity and vitality of the Party's agricultural policy on steadily raising the level of scientific and intensive farming.

Learning about the grain processing and storage capacity of the Yomju County Grain Storage Station, he noted that the technical upgrading of the rice-cleaning process and the selection process should be stepped up on the principle of raising the rate of cleaned rice output and reducing the cost and the construction of a modern grain processing base actively pushed ahead.

At the Tongnim Mining Machine Factory, he referred to the need to direct efforts to technical control and equipment management in order to standardize its products and lay solid material and technical foundations for developing and producing efficient new-type machinery and equipment.

The field consultative meetings discussed the issue of ensuring sufficient supply of raw and other materials needed for steel production by relevant sectors and units, the issue of giving precedence to the designing of the objects and supply of materials in the manufacture of machinery and equipment, the issue of putting greater efforts into technical upgrading at the production units and others, and took appropriate measures.