ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: North Korea's state-run television released video on Friday of its leader meeting a Chinese delegation in Pyongyang on Thursday.<br/> <br />KRT showed footage of Kim Jong-un having dinner with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and his delegates.<br/> <br />KRT also showed video of Kim receiving gifts from the Chinese delegation.<br/> <br />Kim told a visiting Chinese official that his government is focused on "developing the economy and improving people's livelihoods," China's state media reported late on Thursday.<br/> <br />Kim's comments to Wang were the latest sign that the young leader aims to tackle North Korea's decaying economy, which has been poorly managed under the military-first government system.<br/> <br />This is in contrast to Kim's late father who allowed the military a key role in running North Korea, now struggling with chronic poverty, isolation and damaging floods that could worsen the situation.
