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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Kim Jong Un lays out policy agenda as North Korea holds biggest political event

Kim Jong Un unveiled his domestic and foreign policy agenda for the next five years as he kicked off North Korea’s biggest political event.

Inaugurating the ninth Workers’ Party of Korea Congress in Pyongyang, Mr Kim said his country had made significant progress since the last such event, which was held during the Covid pandemic in 2021, the Korean Central News Agency reported.

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