Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected a major munitions factory under the Second Economy Commission on March 11 to learn about the munitions production.

Accompanying him were the members of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and leading officials of the WPK Central Committee.

Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about the start of the production of new pistols at the factory according to an approved design, examined and ratified by the Central Military Commission of the WPK on February 19 2025.

Saying that the factory plays a very important role in increasing the combat efficiency of the army, public security forces and militia forces as it takes full charge of the production of pistols and other portable light arms, he stressed the need for the factory to expand its production capacity in a far-sighted way, and set a high level of modernization of production lines and cultured production practices in conformity with the demand, requirements and standards specified by the Party and achieve it in a responsible manner.

He urged the Second Economy Commission to organize the economic work well in order to produce weapons of fully guaranteed quality in a serial way by decisively raising the level of technical equipment of major munitions industry enterprises, establishing strict quality control regulations and order and supplying materials and products under contract in a planned way.

He stressed once again the need for all the munitions industry enterprises under the Second Economy Commission to organize and conduct the work for establishing a cultured way in production and life at a more developed stage and continue to create model standards.

That day, he visited the shooting gallery of the factory to acquaint himself with the combat performance of the new-type pistol that went into production.

Noting that he received a report from the Ministry of National Defence and the General Staff on the unanimous impression that the new-type pistol is superior in the structural functions, accuracy of hitting, concentration and combat utility, he said with satisfaction that he could personally see there a really excellent pistol developed.

He clarified his view on the opinion of the Second Economy Commission with regard to the issue of additionally establishing a new production line at the factory during the period of the five-year plan for the development of national defence, and gave an important instruction to that end.

He emphasized that the new production line should be established at a high level to be a model of modernization of the country's munitions industry.

He said that the deliberation on the plan for modernization of munitions factories in the period of the new five-year plan and on the budget bill for immediate modernization of three major munitions industry enterprises would be made at an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the WPK to be convened in April.

Repeatedly expressing his satisfaction over the development and production of the excellent pistol, he offered thanks to the officials, technicians and workers of the factory.