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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered tougher legal supervision to support his development plans and eradicate various economy-related unlawful acts, state media said Thursday, as he works to salvage an economy battered by the pandemic and other challenges.
Kim spoke Wednesday during a Workers’ Party meeting convened to follow up on decisions made at the ruling party’s congress in January, where he admitted previous economic plans had failed and announced a new five-year development plan.
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un orders legal supervision over economic plan
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Mr. Kim spoke on Wednesday during a Workers’ Party meeting convened to follow up on decisions made at the ruling party’s congress in January, where he admitted previous economic plans had failed and announced a new five-year development plan.
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Mr. Kim spoke on Wednesday during a Workers’ Party meeting convened to follow up on decisions made at the ruling party’s congress in January, where he admitted previous economic plans had failed and announced a new five-year development plan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered tougher legal supervision to support his development plans and eradicate various economy-related unlawful acts, state media said yesterday, as he works to salvage an economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges.
Kim spoke on Wednesday during a Workers’ Party meeting convened to follow up on decisions made at the party congress last month, where he admitted previous economic plans had failed and announced a new five-year development plan.
He “stressed the importance to strengthen legal supervision and control over the establishment and executive process of the national economic plan,” the official