March 28, 2024
Opinion

Why North Korea may have, quietly, scrapped its last five-year economic plan

With sanctions relief unlikely and a "break-through battle" ahead, Kim Jong Un is shifting gears

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This weekend saw two high-profile political events take place in Pyongyang, as is common in North Korea every April: a meeting of the Political Bureau of Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on April 11 and the third session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) April 12.

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