SEOUL (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will likely seek fresh impetus for driving growth at a ruling party congress in January after the pandemic added to the pain of sanctions that leave him with a smaller economy than the one he took over nine years ago.
The Eighth Congress comes amid the presidential transition in the United States, which North Korea has yet to comment on.
President Donald Trump had engaged in a number of historic meetings with the leader of the reclusive state during his administration and it is not yet clear what Joe Biden’s presidency will mean for relations between Washington and Pyongyang.