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Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung is a state media specialist at NK News. She previously worked in the Department of Unification and Foreign Ministry at Korean Broadcast System (KBS).
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News North Korean parliament to meet in January, two days after Trump’s inaugurationLegislative session will reportedly revise constitution, while expert suggests Kim Jong Un will also send message to US
North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament will hold a major legislative meeting to revise the constitution just two days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, state media reported on Friday. One expert told NK News that the timing of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) session suggests leader Kim Jong Un will use the meeting to send messages to the new U.S. administration. The SPA’s Standing Committee decided to hold the parliamentary session on Jan. 22 during a meeting on Thursday, according to three separate reports by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNAadded that the meeting will discuss “the issue of revising some © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |