PYONGYANG – The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) gave field guidance at the Armored Defensive Weapons Institute and the Electronic Weapons Institute under the Academy of Defence Sciences on Thursday and Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.

Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, listened to a report on the development of major core technologies completed through joint research by the Armored Defensive Weapons Institute and the Tank Designing Bureau, said the report.

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Kim was also briefed in detail on research in the field of armored defense, including the development of special composite armor, the KCNA report added.

He said the combat capability of the DPRK's armored forces has been remarkably bolstered with the successful development and deployment of the directional infrared and jamming equipment, as well as active and passive protection systems.

The DPRK top leader also visited the Electronic Weapons Institute, where he learned about and guided important work, said the report.

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Noting that the Ninth Congress of the WPK would adopt a policy of simultaneously pushing forward the building of nuclear forces and conventional armed forces in the realm of national defense, he expressed confidence that the Academy of Defense Sciences would continue to play a leading role in modernizing the conventional armed forces.