North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a power plant inauguration ceremony in Kangwon Province last week as state media called on its people to embody the “spirit of Kangwon,” a term that refers to the workers who endured difficult working conditions to construct the key power plant without the party’s ample support.

The interim legislative body discussed a new law on “urban formation and development” in North Korea without disclosing key details. However, state media reported it is designed “to remodel the urban appearance … and provide the people with better living conditions.”

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