KCNA, May 27, 2021 | The stage at the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea congress was filled with party and military officials, but DPRK leader Kim Jong Un did not attend
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered party officials to wrest control of the population and told workers to improve their “communist faith” to achieve a utopian society, according to a letter released in state media Thursday.
The letter was apparently read aloud at the Eighth Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK), held from May 25-26 in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un did not attend the event.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered party officials to wrest control of the population and told workers to improve their “communist faith” to achieve a utopian society, according to a letter released in state media Thursday.
The letter was apparently read aloud at the Eighth Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK), held from May 25-26 in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un did not attend the event.
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