PYONGYANG, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) top leader Kim Jong Il has called on its people to depend on themselves to develop the country's economy, the official news agency KCNA reported Monday.

    The DPRK people should develop the economy with their own efforts, technology and resources to make the country richer and more powerful, Kim said while inspecting a goat farm and a newly built plastic tube factory in Chongjin, the capital city of the northeastern province of North Hamgyong.

    He urged employees of the farm to develop a modern stockbreeding industry and steadily increase the production of quality milk products, it said.

    The top leader also underlined the need to solve the issue of good breeds and feed, establish the anti-epizootic system as well as operate large-sized processing facilities, it added.