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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) – by Simon MARTIN Kim Jong-Un opened North Korea’s first ruling party congress for nearly 40 years on Friday, with a defiant defence of the “magnificent” strides made in the country’s nuclear weapons programme. Hailing the historic test of what North Korea claims was a hydrogen bomb in January, the isolated state’s young leader said it had shown the world it would not be cowed by sanctions or outside pressure. Dressed […]
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 […]
