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N. Korea elects new members for top decision-making body

2020-04-13 23 Dailymotion

북한, 최고인민회의서 외교라인 개편 완료... 경제 예산 6%↑•보건7.4%↑<br /><br />North Korea held its rubber-stamp parliamentary session on Sunday.<br />The meeting did not send out any particular message regarding nuclear negotiations.<br />But the North finalized its line-up of key foreign affairs figures... and announced that it's increasing its budget for economic construction and public health.<br />Oh Jung-hee reports.<br />Two days later than originally scheduled, North Korea held its rubber-stamp parliamentary meeting on Sunday.<br />Pyeongyang's Korean Central News Agency reported Monday... that the regime's number-2 leader, and the Chairman of the parliament's presidium, Choe Ryong-hae, chaired Sunday's Supreme People's Assembly session.<br />Kim Jong-un was not present.<br />There was no explanation for the delay, but Seoul's Unification Ministry suggested that the North could have postponed the meeting due to unspecified "political scheduling."<br />At the meeting, the North elected five new members for its State Affairs Commission, the top decision-making body headed directly by Kim Jong-un.<br />One of them is Ri Son-gwon, the North's newly elected Foreign Minister who had previously dealt with inter-Korean affairs.<br />Others include Ri Pyong-chol, who spearheaded the North's arms development, and Defense Minister Kim Jong-gwan.<br />The development shows who will be the key foreign affairs officials in the regime.<br />But despite the reshuffle, there was no particular message towards the United States about denuclearization talks, stalled since their summit in Hanoi last year.<br />Amid the global economic slowdown over the coronavirus pandemic, and still-firm international sanctions, North Korea is raising its budget for economic development by 6-percent.<br />Spending for the regime's metal, coal, rail and other industries will also see a hike of over 7-percent.<br />North Korea also increased its public health expenditure by 7-point-4 percent, which reflects its recent antivirus efforts.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.<br />

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