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A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the largest-ever greenhouse farm and a vegetable science research centre was held with splendour in the northwestern part of the country on February 10 in the presence of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

It is the fourth large-scale greenhouse farm construction project in the DPRK.

The Workers’ Party of Korea and the government of the DPRK have long paid great attention to the construction of greenhouse farms. In recent years, in particular, they have adopted it as a policy to build many large and modern greenhouse farms across the country to supply the people with various kinds of fresh vegetables in all seasons.

Accordingly, the Jungphyong Greenhouse Farm was built in December 2019 in North Hamgyong Province under the influence of unfavourable climate for vegetable farming, followed by the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm in South Hamgyong Province in October 2022 and the Kangdong Combined Greenhouse Farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang in March 2024.

It is noticeable that the construction of large greenhouse farms is not aimed at reaping any economic profits but improving the people’s diet and every time it develops higher in terms of scale and productivity.

The Jungphyong Greenhouse farm, which was built for the first time as the first step of innovation in the construction of vegetable greenhouses, was completely distinct from all the previous greenhouses in terms of scale and modernity. And the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm was built after that. It was not only modernized, intensified and industrialized in an area of 280 hectares, which is larger than the former both in size and production capacity, but also turned into a large farm with a perfect harmony of houses for more than 1 000 families and educational and cultural facilities.

The Kangdong Combined Greenhouse Farm presented the more spectacular features of development.

Various types of greenhouses, in which all the processes of vegetable production are informatized and automated, rose up side by side in a larger area than the previous ones and public buildings and luxury houses were built in rows along the rolling hills, unfolding a fairyland of “greenhouse city” and “country town”.

More amazing is the greenhouse farm now under construction in North Phyongan Province.

To be built in an area of 450 hectares are the vegetable science research centre, greenhouses for experimental cultivation, houses for hundreds of families, a hostel and public service facilities as well as various types of vegetable greenhouses, a vegetable processing factory and vegetable storage facilities.

The construction of large greenhouse farms embodies the noble ideal of the Workers’ Party of Korea to build a socialist paradise for the people to enjoy a cultured and rich life as early as possible.

In order to supply the people with plenty of vegetables, General Secretary Kim Jong Un saw to it that vegetable greenhouse farms were built at the sites of major military bases and this time the largest-ever greenhouse farm would be constructed in the area which was covered with mud by the heavy flood damage last year.

As he regards the people as the foundation and the whole of the state and cherishes the desire for providing them with the happiest life, he treats even small things for the people as the most important state affairs and spares nothing for them.

It is evidenced by the reality of the DPRK, which has undergone change in its looks every year with the construction of large and modern greenhouse farms and a series of projects for promoting the wellbeing of the people including the construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, that of farmhouses in the rural areas and the additional Regional Development 20×10 Policy.