North Korea sets rare party meeting after economic shortfall
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — With unusual candor, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that U.S.-led sanctions, the pandemic and devastating floods have hurt his country's dismal economy as his ruling party scheduled a rare congress in January to set development goals for the next five years.
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