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N Korea’s Kim sets new military goals for 2023 at party meeting

Attendees at a meeting at Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, on December 26, 2022 [EPA-EFE/KCNA]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled new goals for his country’s military on the second day of a key meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party, which hint at another year of intensive weapons tests and regional tension, state media has reported.

On day two of the meeting on Wednesday, Kim reviewed the “newly created challenging situation” on the Korean Peninsula and the broader political landscapes, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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