SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has chaired a Politburo meeting on preparations for a rare party congress in early January, state media said Wednesday. Relations with the United States have been deadlocked since talks between President Donald Trump and Kim stalled early last year. The Politburo meeting, held on Tuesday, agreed to hold the congress early in January, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, without giving an exact date. A similar push happened before the seventh congress in 2016, which saw a new five-year economic plan announced, starting with a 200-day mass mobilisation campaign. Kim’s 2016 congress was the first in North Korea in 36 years.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 30, 2020 03:33 UTC