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Signal Economic Successes Made in First Month

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have made a great success in socialist economic construction in the first month of the year through the efforts for implementing the tasks set forth in the joint New Year editorial. Pronounced is the success registered in the agricultural sector, the main front of the socialist economic construction in 2005.
    As of January 31 the plan of the compost production was carried out in the main with the Ministry of Agriculture as a whole.
    The compost production and transport, the production of Hukbosan-branded fertilizer and carpeting fields with humus soil were fulfilled at 104, 110, 115 and 170 percent respectively throughout the country as against the same period of last year.
    The goal of the compost production has already been hit in Pyongyang, South Hwanghae, South Hamgyong and Kangwon Provinces.
    Farm machines and implements have been secured and repaired in a planned way.
    All sectors and units of the country ranging from army units, ministries and national institutions to residential neighbourhood units have turned out in helping the socialist rural communities. On January 3 alone, they sent more than 600,000 tons of compost and 1,380,000-odd pieces of various farm implements to co-op farms across the country. Meanwhile, a number of coal mines under the Ministry of Electricity and Coal Industries have overfulfilled their monthly production plans.
    A rapid progress has been made in the construction of large-scale hydro-power stations. 1,500,000 and 220,000-cubic-meter blasts were successfully carried out at the construction sites of the Samsu and Wonsan Youth Power Stations respectively.
    Signal achievements were also made by power producers including the Pukchang and Pyongyang Thermal-power Complexes.
    The Musan Mine Complex conducted a 150,000-cubic-meter blast so as to increase the concentrated iron ore production and the Songjin Steel Complex has increased the iron and steel production 1.5 times every day that in the end of last year.
    The monthly plans were fulfilled far ahead of schedule at the Sunchon and Hoeryong Coal Mining Machine Plants. Such achievements have also been reported from many units including the Pyongyang Coal Mining Machine Plant, Jonchon Rock-drill Factory and Tongrim Electric Appliance Factory under the Mining Machine Industry Guidance Bureau and enterprises under the Ministry of Forestry.