Kim Jong Un Tells Ruling Party Congress He Wants Defense Boost
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a rare congress of his ruling party he wants to raise defense capabilities to a “higher level” as the nation seeks a new path away from shortcomings that have shaken a sanctions-hit economy.
“We stand at a great turning point,” he told the first Congress of the Workers Party of Korea to be held in five years, according to text of the speech released Thursday by the official Korean Central News Agency. He citied a need to “strengthen national defense capability to a higher level, to defend a peaceful environment for socialism construction.”