Railway Extension Constructed to Taedonggang Combined Fruit Processing Factory

Employees of the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Processing Factory watch a locomotive depart on a recently constructed railway extension into Pyongyang (Photo: KCNA)

DPRK state media reported on 31 August (Friday) that the Ministry of People’s Security [MPS] held a grand opening for a railway extension running from the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm, located in Samso’k District (Samso’k-kuyo’k)) in northeast Pyongyang.  Attending the ceremony were officials of the MPS, its subordinate agency the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces, unnamed Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] and DPRK Government officials,  construction personnel and factory employees.  According to KCNA, “operation of the railway line helps satisfactorily carry fruits and processed goods produced by the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm and factories in this area and materials necessary for their management and operation.”

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Photo: KCNA