The Workers’ Party’s Central Committee met to decide policies meant to “guide the struggle of our party and people … to the next stage of victory,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency. The agency did not carry any remarks by Kim.
The meeting comes as Kim marks 10 years since assuming power after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011.
North Korea’s economy has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, international sanctions over its nuclear and missile arsenals, and mismanagement, however, experts believe Kim’s grip on power is not being seriously challenged.
The impoverished country is facing a food crisis amid the Covid-19 pandemic and after being hit by severe flooding in recent years.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated North Korea is short 860,000 tonnes of food this year alone, the equivalent to approximately 2.3 months of food use.
