N. Korea leader makes first inspection since nuclear test

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a farm run by the military, the North's state media said Tuesday, marking his first field inspection since last week's nuclear test.

The North's leader reviewed the farm under the Korean People's Army, expressing satisfaction over high-yielding strains of new maize and dry-field rice, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Kim encouraged officials and employees at the farm to become the vanguard in implementing policies outlined by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) of "bringing about a radical turn in seed improvement," it added.

Kim's on-site inspection followed just days after North Korea conducted its fifth and most powerful nuclear test to date on Friday, eight months after its fourth nuke test.

The North claimed that it successfully conducted a nuclear warhead explosion test, vowing to bolster its nuclear force.

Right after Pyongyang carried out the nuclear test in January, the North's leader visited the Ministry of Armed Forces, the North's defense ministry. (Yonhap)