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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

North Korea opens major party meeting amid nuke test signs

KCNA via KNS

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has convened a political conference where he’s expected to review state affairs, including a COVID-19 outbreak, and possibly address relations with Washington and Seoul amid his revived nuclear brinkmanship.

The plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee that began Wednesday in the capital, Pyongyang, may last several days, the official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday.

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