Kim Jong Un Tours New Missile Factory Ahead of Xi, Putin Meet

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new missile factory, state media reported Monday, underscoring the country’s advancing weapons capabilities ahead of his planned trip to Beijing, where he is expected to meet Chinese and Russian leaders.

Kim toured the facility on Sunday, hailing it as a “modern, automated” plant that will boost the country’s missile production capacity and the military’s combat capability, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Monday, without disclosing the location.