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Let's Move the Factory for the Sake of Kim Jong Il! By Lee Sung Jin [2009-03-06 13:31 ] Changchun, China -- North Korean authorities are relocating the No. 95 Munitions Factory in Hyesan in order to facilitate Kim Jong Il's field visits to Yangkang Province by rail. A source from Yangkang Province said in a phone conversation with Daily NK on the 4th, "Under the name of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party a final decree was issued last February which urged, 'Complete the relocation of Factory No. 95 by May at all costs!’ So...

/begin my translation N. Korea: Kim Jong-il Giving Field Guidance at a Chewing Gum Factory (Pyongyang KCNA = Yonhap News) N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il gave field guidance at Pyongyang Chewing Gum Factory, according to KCNA report on Jan. 15. 2009.1.16 / (filed by) Chin Sung-chol /end my translation

/begin my translation Kim Jong-il Giving Field Guidance at Pyongyang Zoo [2008-12-02 11:12 ] N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il gave "lengthy" field guidance at Pyongyang's Central Zoo which has completed its renovation, according to KCNA' report on Dec. 2. Its dispatch reported that the event occurred 'recently.' There have been N. Korean reports on Kim Jong-il sending various animals as gifts to the zoo, but this is the first time he gave field guidance there since Yonhap News started recording KCNA reports in 1993. /end my translation