{"id":13153,"date":"2010-09-12T22:55:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T13:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=13153"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:48:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:48:07","slug":"kim-makes-surprise-trip-to-provinc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-makes-surprise-trip-to-provinc\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Makes Surprise Trip to Provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong Il recently conducted an onsite inspection of the \u201cMarch 5th Youth Mine\u201d in Jakang Province, according to a Chosun Central News Agency report released on Saturday, a surprise move with the Chosun Workers&#8217; Party Delegates&#8217; Conference supposedly impending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComrade Kim Jong Il looked around the strip mine, dressing plant and other processes for a long time and discovered technical developments and the reality of production,\u201d the KCNA said, adding, \u201cHe expressed his great satisfaction with technical developments meeting the requirements of the age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Secretary of Jakang Province Park Do Chun, Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission Jang Sung Taek and other directors from the Central Committee of the Party including Kim Kyung Hee, Tae Jong Su and Hong Seuk Hyeung accompanied Kim, according to KCNA. <\/p>\n<p>If true, Kim\u2019s move would be surprising, since the Delegates\u2019 Conference is allegedly just around the corner, meaning Kim was expected to be in Pyongyang, preparing for it. <\/p>\n<p>On this, Cheong Seong Chang, a South-North relations researcher at the Sejong Institute, told The Daily NK, \u201cIt looks like a move to comfort the people because public opinion has been agitated by the flood, and restoration will take more time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Lee Gyo Deok, a researcher with the Korea Institute for National Unification, pointed to the folly of trusting the KCNA announcement, which was not dated and cannot be verified. \u201cThe news of Kim Jong Il\u2019s onsite inspection as reported by North Korean media cannot be completely trusted,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is one way by which to eliminate suspicions about Kim Jong Il\u2019s health condition.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, Cheong contended, \u201cIf he had problem with his health, he couldn\u2019t have watched performances and gone to China. 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