Recent North Korean propaganda released on social media showed that North Korea is counting down toward the end of its “70-day battle” commenced as the preparatory step toward the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in May.

Experts debated whether this can be used as a clue to estimate when the Seventh Congress may be held.

“The 70-day battle is only 15 days left. Comrade, have you completed your battle plans today?” read the hand-written North Korean propaganda uploaded to the Twitter account of Michael Spavor, founder of Paektu Cultural Exchange.

The 70-day period, which began on