DPRK discusses laws on youth education, local development and economic planning

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DPRK discusses laws on youth education, local development and economic planning

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Chaewon Chung | Won-Gi Jung September 28, 2021

DPRK discusses laws on youth education, local development and economic planning

Rodong Sinmun, Sept. 29, 2021 | The Mansudae Assembly Hall, where the SPA holds sessions

Delegates of the DPRK’s top legislative body hope to prepare young North Koreans to be “dependable successors” of the country’s “revolutionary cause,” according to state media on Wednesday.

The 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, discussed issues on youth education and other proposed legislation on the first day of its full session on Tuesday.

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