North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a newly opened “model” chicken farm Sunday that he said will help solve the country’s food problems, according to state media, four and a half years after its construction started.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday that Kim was pleased with the Kwangchon Chicken Farm’s modern production lines, saying it’s “incomparable” to older farms. 

During his last public visit to the farm in July 2020, he called the North Korean poultry industry “backward” and in dire need of upgrades.

State media teasedthe farm’s opening by publishing the first