PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s first ruling party congress for nearly 40 years formally adopted leader Kim Jong-Un’s policy of developing the country’s nuclear arsenal in tandem with the economy, state media said Monday. The congress, which opened on Friday, has largely been seen as an elaborate coronation for the 33-year-old Kim, securing his status as supreme leader and confirming his legacy “byungjin” doctrine of twin economic and nuclear development. On Sunday, the […]
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N. Korea to launch top party gathering amid nuke test fears
PYONGYANG , North Korea (AFP) — North Korea will Friday launch its highest-level ruling party meeting in almost 40 years, with delegates set to heap praise on its nuclear arsenal as a “precious sword” amid fears of a fresh atomic test. Leader Kim Jong-Un, who was not even born when the last Workers’ Party congress was held in 1980, is expected to deliver a keynote address which will be minutely scrutinised for any policy shift […]





