Kim, the third of his rule in North Korea, praised musical instruments made from 1.2 million-strong army of the North on Sunday, the State News Agency KCNA reported.
Tensions have risen on the Korean peninsula as new UN sanctions were imposed after the North carried out its third nuclear test in February. Pyongyang has threatened to destroy the United States with nuclear weapons, bombing its bases Pacific and South Korea by shell in response.
Putting aside the rhetoric rising, Kim inspected guitars and drums made by the army and said it was important to make the quality tools so soldiers could "spend their days worth in the army filled with joy and militant optimism," said the KCNA.
Kim, "Supreme Commander" of the North's armed forces, inspected also coats for students at the best military schools in the country and suggested improvements, the KCNA reported.
According to independent observers, huge North Korea's military, believed to be the fourth largest in the world, spend most of their time in activities such as manufacture or for fishing for crabs because Drills are too expensive for the country impoverished and need feeding.
Kim field guide follows the example of his father, Kim Jong-il, who gave advice to factories and farmers, as well as the army.
Kim Jong-un, 30, still has some way to go in emulating the accomplishments reported by his father.
Feats of his father, according to the KCNA, including inventing the oungum, a musical instrument like banjo that is "popular" in North Korea and scored 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf.
(Reporting by Somang Yang; Editing by Paul Tait)
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