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Kim Jong Un opens scallop farm to bring ‘riches’ to nuclear submarine town

North Korean leader also calls for transition from ocean fishing to aquaculture amid push to develop rural areas

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inaugurated a pet project to build a seafood farm designed to serve as a “new model base” for the nation in Sinpho over the weekend, just up the road from the factory producing his top-priority nuclear missile submarines. 

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday that Kim oversaw a ceremony to open the Sinpho City Offshore Farm two days prior, a factory producing consumer products from “kelp, scallops, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and other things.”

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