April 26, 2024
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130 foreign journalists reporting from N.Korean capital

Schedule of events for Party Congress unclear, but possibility of accompanying nuclear test looms

Approximately 130 foreign journalists were reporting from Pyongyang on Thursday, one day before the Seventh Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, the first such event in 36 years.

The Party Congress, the largest type of political event in the country, will start on Friday at 9 a.m. Pyongyang time, at the 4.25 House of Culture. Journalists are visiting places around the capital, such as the model farm, a daycare center, department stores and revolutionary sites.

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