Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, inspected South Hwanghae Province to learn about farming and tideland reclamation.

He acquainted himself with farming in Paechon, Yonan and other counties of the province and stressed the need to actively introduce scientific conservation agriculture, make a good choice of the right soil for intercropping cultivation and reduce drought damage by thoroughly establishing the irrigation system.

Making rounds of the reclamation site of the Ryongmaedo Tideland, he gave a pep-talk to the builders who turned out in the revetment of anti-tidal dike, and stressed the need to further improve supply service and push ahead with the project of building setups.

After learning about several tideland reclamation projects in the province, he discussed the way for winding up them in a brief period and the issue of concentrating efforts on farming by taking due measures to supply water to reclaimed tidelands.