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Kim Jong Un expresses 'great satisfaction' after salmon farm tour

Kim toured the incubation area, a salmon breeding room, indoor and outdoor ponds, before he expressed his happiness about the farms.

By Elizabeth Shim
Kim’s praise on Saturday at salmon farms addressed the Korean People’s Army Unit 810. Photo by File photo by KCNA/Yonhap
Kim’s praise on Saturday at salmon farms addressed the Korean People’s Army Unit 810. Photo by File photo by KCNA/Yonhap

SEOUL, May 22 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un heaped praise on salmon farms on Saturday, just days after losing his temper over the "incompetent" management of a turtle farm in Pyongyang.

The two interconnected fish farms are under the supervision of the Korean People's Army Unit 810, reported Yonhap.

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Kim commended both operations, according to KCNA, expressing his "great satisfaction" over the recycling of water used in an incubation area for the salmon, to another location where rainbow trout were being raised.

North Korean state media claimed the first farm Kim visited incubates 4.3 million salmon eggs annually. When the newly hatched become fry, they are sent to the adjacent Naksan sea salmon farm, reported South Korean television network SBS.

Kim toured the incubation area, a salmon breeding room, indoor and outdoor ponds, before he expressed his happiness about the farms.

"I feel I've come to a special place, [since] the farming center truly is located on a great site," Kim was quoted as saying.

"Here I have seen yet another precious resource of the Great Fatherland, that has been handed down from generation to generation."

Kim said at the end of the tour, even though he had walked all day he did not feel tired.

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Kim's praise was particularly directed at the Korean People's Army Unit 810 that presided over the salmon farms. He said good things are always waiting for him when he visits with the military unit.

The unit was commendable, Kim said, because it abides by the revolutionary precepts of previous generations.

In an allusion to a traditional Korean style of dancing, Kim said his "shoulders naturally shook with joy" after seeing the fish.

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