By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for bolstering nuclear forces this year during a visit to a nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute,

Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability.

The dictator, eager to shut out the influence of Hollywood and K-pop, has been exalting a “shock brigade” of 300,000 teens and 20-somethings drafted into flood reconstruction.

Kim Jong-un has inspected a nuclear-material production base and a nuclear weapons institute, emphasizing that strengthening the nuclear shield is "indispensable" amid a long-term confrontation with "the most vicious hostile countries.

The report highlights Kim’s concern over foreign media, which provide rare glimpses into the outside world through K-pop music and Hollywood films. While possessing or distributing such material is harshly punished in North Korea,