The first session of the newly elected 13th Supreme People’s Assembly, with Kim Jong Un and several of his favored officials as members will convene April 9.

A terse announcement on the new SPA’s first meeting came via the Rodong Sinmun on Thursday.

“The 1st Session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK will be convened in Pyongyang on April 9, Juche 103 (2014), according to a decree of the Presidium of the SPA on March 19,” it said.

North Korea uses the “Juche” system for counting years, starting with the birth year of Kim Il Sung in