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

Top officials also call for execution of ‘recycling law’ to promote using resources and equipment available at home

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. 

As previously reported, the meeting appears to have focused on local development and youth education, amending the law on national economic planning and enforcing the DPRK’s law on recycling, as well as other organizational issues. The session will also discuss renaming the