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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, members of the Supreme Peopleâs Assembly attend a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. North Koreaâs rubber-stamp parliament has passed decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear deterrent and established plans to salvage a dismal economy. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: KCNA which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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2021-01-18 06:35:37 GMT2021-01-18 14:35:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PYONGYANG, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) The Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held the Supreme People s Assembly on Sunday to mainly discuss the country s future economic path, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
The KCNA said that the fourth session of the 14th Supreme People s Assembly (SPA) was held in Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang and discussed the country s five-year economic and budget plans.
The one-day session decided on its agenda items, an organizational matter, and on thorough implementation of the five-year plan for national economic development set forth at the eighth Congress of the Workers Party of Korea, as well as the review of fulfillment of the state budget for 2020 and the state budget for 2021, the report said.
In a mass rally the Pyongyang city army-people celebrate the election of Kim Jong Un as General Secretary of the WPK (Workers’ Party of Korea), overlooked by inspirational national symbols at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo)
SEOUL North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament has passed decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear deterrent and established plans to salvage a dismal economy.
The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Monday that members of the Supreme People’s Assembly during Sunday’s meeting unanimously supported the development plans for the next five years that were revealed during the Workers’ Party congress that ended last week.
PYONGYANG, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) The Democratic People Republic of Korea (DPRK) held the Supreme People Assembly on Sunday to mainly discuss the country future ec