North Korea says its leader, Kim Jong Un, has unveiled policies on military and political activities at a key meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party. But there have been no reports of his reference to details, such as the country’s nuclear and missile programs, or another attempt to launch a spy satellite.
The state-run Korean Central Television reported on Tuesday that a plenary meeting of the party’s Central Committee was held for four days until Monday. It also said Kim gave an interim review of the implementation of the policies in the first half of this year and that he also spoke about future policies.
The meeting was held for the first time in six months.
The Korean Central Television report made no mention of the country’s nuclear and missile programs being accelerated under the five-year defense plan, and another possible attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite for the first time since May.
Pyongyang’s relations with increasingly friendly partner Russia and those with hostile countries, Japan, South Korea and the United States, have not been mentioned in detail.
Most of the speech that was covered, referred to economic policies. While noting the economy is on an upturn compared to a year ago, Kim called for an acceleration of the economic recovery that has been hit by longstanding sanctions. He stressed that the economy, as well as people’s livelihoods, be practically improved.