North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a factory producing nuclear missile materials on Monday including for a “next-generation Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM),” according to state media, just before he left to meet the Chinese and Russian leaders and watch a military parade in Beijing.

Kim “visited the relevant institute of the General Academy of Chemical Materials under the Missile Administration of the DPRK on September 1 and met experts in the field of the research into the composite carbon fiber material,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reportedTuesday, without specifying the name or location of the