Kim Jong Un calls for increased artillery shell production

In this undated photo provided on Wednesday by the North Korean government, Kim Jong Un, centre, visits a munitions and machinery factory. File picture: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his munitions industry to boost the production of artillery shells, state media said on Wednesday.

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Mr Kim, during recent visits to unspecified munitions and machinery factories, praised modernisation efforts that the agency claimed enabled the facilities to double their annual shell production capacity.