(Pyongyang Labor Newspaper = News 1) = North Korean leader Kim Jong-un continued to report on business consolidation at the 2nd meeting of the 8th Labor Party Congress on the 6th, the Labor Newspaper reported on the 7th. [국내에서만 사용가능. 재배포 금지. DB 금지. For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. Redistribution Prohibited] [email protected] |
While Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the North Korean State Council, said at the 8th Labor Party Congress that he “considered the South Korean issue,” the Blue House is paying close attention to the full text and conclusions of the business summary report to be announced later.
On the 8th, the Labor Newspaper, the Labor Party’s agency, said in a report on the 3rd day of the Party Central Committee’s business summary (settlement), “considering the South Korean issue in accordance with the created situation and the changing needs of the times, and to expand and develop external relations entirely, He declared the direction and policy position.”
North Korea seems to have dealt with issues related to South Korea and the United States at this meeting. While it seems that it would have evaluated and presented tasks, such as inter-Korean relations and US-North Korea dialogue, specific details were not disclosed.
‘Changed demands of the times’ can be interpreted as referring to inter-Korean and North Korean relations, which have remained stagnant since the 2019 Hanoi No Deal, and the launch of the Biden-U.S. administration, but how to lead foreign relations including inter-Korean-North American relations in response. It is a difficult situation to guess.
However, it is carefully interpreted that it will focus on improving relations with countries such as China, Russia, and Southeast Asia, including changes in US-North Korea relations, as they have expressed their will to’actively expand and develop external relations’.
The Blue House is wary of expanding interpretations, and is putting a touch on the preamble or conclusion to be released after the party conference. It is expected to be announced as early as this weekend.
In particular, as President Moon Jae-in’s New Year’s address to be released on the 11th is expected to contain a proposal for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a peace regime and a proposal for North Korea, interest in the direction of North Korea’s policy toward South Korea to be announced before and after the New Year’s Address is growing.
In a call with News 1 on the day, a passport official said, “We have to watch because there is nothing concretely released yet,” and “It is difficult to predict only with the content released so far.”
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