North Korea to hold key party meeting in December

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 01, 2022 2:31 pm

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a key party meeting for December that will lay out the isolated country's policy direction for the year ahead, state media reported on Thursday.

Kim made the announcement at a Wednesday politburo gathering, according to a report carried by the official KCNA news agency, telling senior leadership that 2023 would be a 'historic year.'

This picture taken on November 30, 2022 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 1, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) attending the 11th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the office building of the WPK Central Committee in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS

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