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BEIJING. – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has inspected a military designing institute in his first public appearance following the execution of his uncle-in-law Jang Song Thaek.During the inspection of the Designing Institute of the Korean People’s Army, Kim stressed the importance of construction in building the DPRK into a civilised socialist country, the official KCNA news agency reported on Saturday, without specifying the date of inspection.
“It is the firm determination of the party to create a new history of construction in Songun (military-first) Korea,” he said, instructing the institute to play a pioneer’s role in the drive to develop the present heyday in construction into a period of great prosperity, the KCNA reported.
Jang Song Thaek, once a powerful senior official deposed last Monday for allegedly committing “anti-party and counter-revolutionary” crimes, was executed on Thursday immediately after the Special Military Tribunal convicted him guilty of treason. – Global Times.
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