North Korea’s Minister of Finance publicly delivered a rare report on North Korea’s 2013 state budget at the First Session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), state media reported on Wednesday.

According to a report presented by Deputy Choe Kwang Jin , North Korea’s economic performance in 2013 was positive, such that the budgetary revenue for 2014 will see an increase of 4.3% on the previous year. In particular, Choe said that North Korea’s policy of simultaneous economic and nuclear development had been “successfully implemented.”

The report provided rare insight into how North Korea allocates spending, with the Korea Central News Agency