Kim Jong-un reveals North Korea is reeling from a poor economy aided by the virus
Kim says his country's development goals have been ‘seriously delayed’, even acknowledging people’s poor standard of living
Seoul — Kim Jong-un has said North Korea’s development goals have been “seriously delayed”, a rare acknowledgment that shows the country’s already anaemic economy is under severe strain from sanctions, flooding and the pandemic.
At the first gathering of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s central committee in eight months, Kim said the country “faced unexpected and inevitable challenges in various aspects”, state media said on Thursday. “Planned attainment of the goals for improving the national economy has been seriously delayed and people’s living standards have not been improved remarkably,” Kim said, according to the Korean Central News Agency...
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