SEOUL, March 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature will convene Sunday to consider revisions to the authoritarian nation's constitution and the election of state leadership, state media reported. It followed the ninth Workers' Party congress in February, which directs efforts on everything from diplomacy to war planning and which closed with a grand military parade. The SPA is expected to formalise decisions made in that congress, Hong Min, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP. "The regime appears intent on swiftly codifying the decisions of the party congress," Hong told AFP. The gathering elevated Kim Yo Jong -- long considered one of her brother's closest lieutenants -- to department director within the party's apex central committee, according to KCNA.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 17, 2026 03:18 UTC