North Korea's state-run television KRT on Monday aired a video of leader Kim Jong Un attending a political bureau meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea over the weekend. The North has been pressuring South Korea over defector activities. <br />Weeks after rumours circulated about his apparent ill-health,<br /><br />state run television in North Korea on Monday (June 8) aired a video of Kim Jong Un attending a party meeting on the weekend.<br /><br />Kim did not mention the North's increased criticism of South Korea in recent days.<br /><br />North Korea has been lashing out at South Korea, threatening to close a Korean liaison office and other projects if the South Korean government didn't stop defectors and activists who have been sending leaflets and other material into the North.<br /><br />And on Monday the Northern government didn't answer a daily phone call with their Southern counterparts, the first time in two years that has happened.<br /><br />Instead, state news agency KCNA focused on the party meeting, which revolved mostly around the North's economy, such as its chemical industry and fertilizer production.<br /><br />The meeting does come at a time of great economic uncertainty for the secretive state.<br /><br />Kim has made an unusually small number of outings in recent months, with his absence from a major holiday prompting speculation about his condition -- and the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic
