North Korea has announced that it will hold the Supreme People's Assembly on the 17th, and is expected to decide the law and budget to put into practice the five-year economic plan set by the Workers' Party of Korea's party convention.
The focus is also on whether Kim Jong-un will take on a new post due to organizational changes.
North Korea held a party convention of the Workers' Party of Korea until the 12th of this month, elected Kim Jung-eun as the party's "general secretary", and held a military parade in the center of Pyongyang on the 14th of this month.
He also announced that the Supreme People's Assembly, consisting of representatives from each region, will be held on the 17th.
North Korea seems to be aiming to raise its national prestige through a series of events while the economy is being hit by economic sanctions and measures against the new coronavirus.
At this Supreme People's Assembly, it is expected that the law and budget will be decided in order to put into practice the five-year economic plan set by the party convention.
In addition, it will be focused on whether Kim Jung-eun, who was elected to the same "general secretary" post as his father at the party convention, will take on a new post with the policy of announcing the reorganization of national institutions and personnel affairs.