SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST | Published December 29, 2024
The meeting was held to review the ruling party’s work throughout the year and to discuss strategies and policies for 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a policy-setting key meeting of the country’s ruling party last week ahead of the new year, state media KCNA reported on Sunday.
The “strongest” response strategy towards the United States was declared during the party meeting for the country’s safety and national interests, the report said, without providing any details.
The trilateral alliance between South Korea, the US and Japan has expanded to a “nuclear military bloc” and South Korea has become an “anti-communism outpost” for the US, the KCNA report added.
“The reality clearly suggests which direction we should go and what we should do and how,” the report said.
The meeting, which was held from December 23-27, according to the report, also reviewed the handling of floods earlier this year, including the plan that brought those affected to Pyongyang, the capital.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chairs a meeting of the country’s ruling party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released on December 29, 2024 by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights
REUTERS | Published December 29, 2024
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a key policy-setting meeting of the country’s ruling party last week ahead of the new year, state media KCNA reported on Sunday.
The meeting of party and government officials decided that North Korea would launch the “toughest” strategy to counteract the United States for its security and national interests, the report said, without elaborating.
The alliance between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan has expanded to a “nuclear military bloc” and South Korea has become an “anti-communist outpost” for the U.S., the KCNA report added.
“This reality clearly shows to which direction we should advance and what we should do and how.”
The Dec. 23-27 meeting also reviewed the handling of floods earlier this year, including the plan that brought those affected to Pyongyang, the capital, according to the report.
The reclusive state also vowed to promote relations with “friendly” countries during the meeting.
Kim also called for progress in defence science and technology to bolster the country’s war deterrence.
Such meetings often last a few days and have been used in recent years to make key policy announcements.
In a reshuffle, Pyongyang named Pak Thae Song, a party secretary, as a new premier to replace Kim Tok Hun.
Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui was named a member of the powerful Politburo of the party’s Central Committee.
The 11th plenary session of the eighth central committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea wraps up a year in which Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit with Kim and signed a deal that included a mutual defence pledge.
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SOURCE: www.reuters.com
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