N Korea-party meeting

N. Korea convenes key party meeting with leader Kim in attendance: state media

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A key Workers' Party meeting of North Korea opened earlier this week with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance to discuss next year's policy direction, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday.

The previous day, Kim presided over the sixth enlarged plenary meeting of the party's eighth Central Committee to discuss tasks for 2023 amid "unpredictable difficulties constantly threatening the existence and development" of the North, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

Five major agenda items were unanimously approved at the meeting, including the review of major state policies for this year, as well as the work plan and draft state budget for next year. Kim urged major goals to be attained in key industrial sectors next year, including the metal, chemical, electric power, coal and machine industries.

Kim stressed that the national power of the North has "remarkably increased in all fields of politics, military, economy and culture" and "successes and progress have been made in carrying out the gigantic tasks set forth at the fourth and fifth plenary meetings of the Eighth Party Central Committee through this year's unprecedentedly arduous and fierce struggle."

The meeting will continue, the KCNA said, without providing further details.

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