North Korea Urges Unconditional Completion of Anti-Epidemic and Economic Tasks... Calls for Implementation of Plenary Meeting Agenda

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] North Korea has urged the unconditional completion of the quarantine and economic tasks decided at the expanded meeting of the 5th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party.

The Workers' Party organ, Rodong Sinmun, reported on the 12th in an article titled "A Historic Meeting That Doubled the Vigorous Advance of Our Style of Socialism," stating, "This expanded plenary meeting marks an important milestone in unconditionally completing the vast tasks we set forth this year."

The report highlighted blocking the spread of COVID-19 and quarantine response as the top priority, emphasizing, "The most urgent task before us at this time is to finally resolve the malignant infectious disease crisis, restore stability, and vigorously strengthen the country's quarantine capabilities and crisis response abilities."

Another article introduced remarks from an official of the National Emergency Quarantine Command. The official pledged in the report, "We will urgently eradicate the defects and malpractices inherent in quarantine work, reinforce the health quarantine system and framework, and make the current quarantine crisis an opportunity to accelerate the further development of national quarantine capacity building."

North Korea, at the expanded plenary meeting held from the 8th to the 10th, expressed its determination to overcome the spread of COVID-19 on its own and ordered the correction of malpractices appearing in the quarantine system.

Furthermore, it emphasized the need to achieve results unconditionally in the agriculture and light industry sectors. The newspaper conveyed the officials' pledge in an article titled "We Will Demonstrate the Spirit of Unconditionality in Executing Economic Policies," stating, "Regarding issues directly related to people's lives, we will not allow even a single step of concession and will internalize perfect execution."

In particular, it stressed the need to achieve results in agriculture, stating, "The agricultural front must advance to proactively overcome all existing obstacles and difficulties."

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