N. Korea's Kim attends ribbon-cutting ceremony for industrial plant near Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of an industrial complex on the outskirts of Pyongyang, the state media said Tuesday. Kim appeared at the event held the previous day in Kangdong County, where a factory and a multifunctional service facility have been built under his signature regional development policy, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. Kim cut the ribbon and toured the food processing plant and the community service complex, expressing satisfaction with the completion of the construction, the KCNA said. Kim said that efforts to take a leap forward in regional development and deliver the "precious substance of prosperity and civilization" to the people is a "sacred undertaking" that his party must push for with consistency and on an unconditional basis, according to the state media. He also highlighted that the true value of a regional industrial revolution should be proven by "transforming the ideological consciousness" of officials and workers. North Korea is pushing for a regional development initiative aimed