Kim Jong-un changed people’s clothes … North Korea opens the 8th Labor Party Congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un admitted the failure of economic policy at the party conference, the biggest political event in North Korea in five years.

According to the Labor newspaper on the 6th, President Kim delivered the opening speech of the 8th Congress of the Korean Workers’ Party (8th Party Congress) held in Pyongyang the day before, saying: “The implementation period of the Five-year national economic development ended until last year, but the targets set were well below almost all sectors. That’s it, “he said.

It means that North Korea admitted that the five-year strategy for national economic development proposed at the VII Party Congress failed. At the time, North Korea declared that the goal of the five-year strategy for national economic development was to “revitalize the general economy of the population and ensure a balance between economic sectors, thereby laying the foundation for the continued development of the economy of the country “. North Korea announced that it would propose a new five-year plan for national economic development through this party congress, but there were no detailed comments on it until the first day of the conference.

However, it should be noted that President Kim did not blame the outside world for the failure of the North Korean economy. President Kim said, “There will surely be various challenges that hinder and hinder our efforts and progress, both outside and inside.” As a way to analyze the causes of the economic failure, President Kim said, “We organized an emergency central censorship committee and sent it below to investigate the situation and seriously listen to the opinions of the workers, farmers and intellectuals who work in the field. I did, “he explained. This is a point that shows the willingness to understand the results of the North Korean people and propose effective measures.

On this day, President Kim did not mention anything about the strengthening of military power, which had been displayed internally and externally for the past five years, such as nuclear and strategic weapons. This is in contrast to the last 7th Party Congress, which dealt with Gwangmyeongseong 4 and the first hydrogen bomb experiment as a result of the opening speech.

The message to the South and the United States, which attracted attention, did not appear on the first day of the competition. However, the labor newspaper said that “President Kim said he will raise important issues to further the cause of national reunification and foreign relations.”

President Kim, who appeared at the Seventh Party Congress in April 2016, dressed in a suit and tie, wore a popular suit at this eighth convention.

The party congress in North Korea is the highest decision-making body of the Labor Party and is a place to discuss and decide on North Korea’s strategic routes and major policies. At the 7th Party Congress, North Korea proposed a path for economic construction and building nuclear forces.

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