North Korea is holding major party meetings to discuss its future policy direction.<br />Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency reports... that Kim Jong-un presided the meeting of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee's Politbureau on Tuesday.<br />He urged the officials to be (quote)"self-reliant," which is seen as an expression that refers to surviving the ongoing sanctions.<br />The agency says North Korean ruling party's central committee will hold a plenary meeting on Wednesday.<br />That meeting is expected to announce future policies on the economy and possibly denuclearization.<br />And these decisions will be ratified by the North's parliament -- the Supreme People's Assembly -- on Thursday. <br />
