Approximately 130 foreign journalists were reporting from Pyongyang on Thursday, one day before the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the first such event in 36 years.

The Party Congress, the largest type of political event in the country, will start on Friday at 9 a.m. Pyongyang time, at the 4.25 House of Culture. Journalists are visiting places around the capital, such as the model farm, a daycare center, department stores and revolutionary sites.

Korea Central TV reported on Wednesday evening that well-dressed party officials and representatives from each province are visiting the nation’s commemorative facilities in the city