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North Korea to hold key party meeting amid economic woes

by Associated Press
| August 18, 2020 12:06 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will open a high-profile political conference on Wednesday to discuss unspecified “crucial” issues as it struggles to keep afloat a sanctions-ravaged economy hit further by its anti-virus efforts and devastating flooding.

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