KCNA: Kim Jong Un provides on-site guidance for construction of important naval base on east coast

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the 12th that Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, provided on-site guidance on the 11th for the construction of an important naval base on the country's east coast. The report said Kim Jong Un listened on site to a briefing on the current progress of the project and emphasized the strategic importance of the naval base construction. Kim Jong Un said that the construction of a modern naval base is a major core task directly related to safeguarding national security and maritime sovereignty. He put forward guidelines for making the base modernized, multi-functional, and fortress-like, and also set requirements including expanding the project command force and construction force in order to accelerate the construction of the military port. In another report the same day, KCNA said that large-scale naval base construction is underway in the area of Tongchon County, Kangwon Province, located on the country's east coast.