Kim Jong-un "Strengthen National Defense to Protect Peaceful Environment"

Proceedings of the 2nd Day of the 8th Party Congress

North Korea's Korean Central TV reported on the 6th that the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party was held on the 5th at the 4·25 Cultural Hall in Pyongyang. The photo shows Chairman Kim Jong Un holding the delegate badge for the Party Congress.

Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, expressed his determination to strengthen national defense capabilities and protect a peaceful environment during the second day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea on the 6th.

On the 7th, North Korea's state media, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported on the second day of Kim's report on the Party Central Committee's work summary from the previous day, stating that "he reaffirmed the solemn determination to strengthen the national defense capabilities to a higher level to reliably safeguard the safety of the country and the people and the peaceful environment for socialist construction, and raised the goals to be pursued for its realization."

The report focused mainly on economic issues. Policies and strategies related to South Korea and the United States were not mentioned.

KCNA conveyed that "the actual conditions of major sectors including transportation, basic construction and building materials industry, postal services, commerce, national land environment, urban management, and foreign economy, as well as economic management fields, were analyzed, and new goals and implementation methods for the five-year plan period were proposed."

It also mentioned plans to develop cities and counties independently and diversely, and ways to increase production in agriculture, light industry, and fisheries. Additionally, "important tasks to promote the country's scientific and technological development were specifically presented," KCNA reported.

KCNA indicated that "the work summary report continues," suggesting that related matters were ongoing on the third day of the Party Congress on the 7th. Previously, during the 7th Party Congress in 2016, Kim's work summary report lasted only two days.

KCNA stated, "All participants of the congress are seriously listening to the work summary report and are determined to strive in the revolutionary work with renewed confidence."

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