North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promoted a “new fighting strategy” to guide the country on the third day of the Ninth Party Congress, while top officials handling rural development and Russia ties took the stage to continue the ruling party’s optimistic review of past performance.

In a brief report on Sunday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim also outlined goals for the next five years at the previous day’s session, but it offered no specifics about these objectives.

State media’s coverage signaled that discussion at the rare party event has begun to shift toward plans for the