North Korean leader Kim Jon-un has visited a cosmetics factory in Sinuiju, which neighbors China's Dandong area.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday that Kim visited the factory in Sinuiju, accompanied by his wife, Lee Sol-ju, and other high-ranking officials.

Sinuiju was designated as a special economic zone by his father, Kim Jong-il, back in 2002. The factory, established in 1949, is the North's first and largest cosmetics producer.

The exact date of the visit was not disclosed, but Kim visited another border county, Sindo in North Pyongan Province on Saturday, which belongs to the Hwanggumpyong Exclusive Industrial Zone co-developed with China.

Kim's continued visits to the border areas are seen as a move to emphasize the importance of the country's economic ties with China.

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