North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting



News North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting Lawmakers agree to spend 47.8% of state budget on economy, 15.9% on national defense Colin Zwirko \| Jeongmin Kim April 12, 2020 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Rodong Sinmun Update at 16:00 KST: this article has been updated to include further details of the meeting shared on state television North Korea’s 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) held its third session on Sunday, state media reported Monday, laying out budgetary priorities for the coming year and confirming some high-profile official appointments. The session was originally expected to take place on Friday, and followed a meeting of the country’s Politburo on Saturday. State media did not explain why the session — which saw hundreds of elected deputies gather in Pyongyang’s Mansudae hall — took place two days later than originally © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting

Lawmakers agree to spend 47.8% of state budget on economy, 15.9% on national defense

Colin Zwirko | Jeongmin Kim April 12, 2020

North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting

Rodong Sinmun

Update at 16:00 KST: this article has been updated to include further details of the meeting shared on state television

North Korea’s 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) held its third session on Sunday, state media reported Monday, laying out budgetary priorities for the coming year and confirming some high-profile official appointments.

The session was originally expected to take place on Friday, and followed a meeting of the country’s Politburo on Saturday.

State media did not explain why the session — which saw hundreds of elected deputies gather in Pyongyang’s Mansudae hall — took place two days later than originally

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Jeongmin Kim is Executive Director at Korea Risk Group, based in Seoul. She covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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