North Korea announced the election of leader Kim Jong Un as a delegate to the 7th Party Congress during a conference held on April 12 and 13, according to state media on Thursday.

The conference, which was made up by members of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), was also a review and election of the military’s Party Committee, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. 

“There was an election of the leadership body of the Party Committee of the KPA at the conference. It elected delegates and nominated observers to the Seventh Congress of the WPK,” the KCNA article read.

“Kim Jong Un’s