North Korea has launched an industrial campaign to boost production, presenting a cement factory in the country's southern region praised by leader Kim Jong-un as an exemplary case, according to a North Korean newspaper Wednesday. The North's ruling Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun called the Sangwon Cement Complex in North Hwanghae Province "an honorable, cherished example" of putting into practice the spirit of last month's party congress. "Through aggressive efforts," the factory is churning out 1.2 times its daily target to renew the record-high production levels achieved last year, the paper said. The cement factory is the site Kim visited on March 1 in his first public inspection of an industrial facility following last month's high-profile ruling party congress. The leader praised the factory for making "great contributions" to the party's successful implementation of large-scale construction projects. The cement factory, which has an annual production capacity of 2 million tons, has reportedly been vital to North Korea's major construction projects in recent years, including