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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un concluded the plenary session of the Workers' Party of Korea by announcing that he would overcome the current difficult situation. Sung Kim, the special representative for North Korea, who oversees the US nuclear negotiations, visited Korea for the first time since taking office.



Correspondent Kim A-young.



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Labor Party plenary meeting ended yesterday (18th) after the fourth day of the schedule.



General Secretary Kim Jong-un defined the current situation, which is experiencing economic difficulties, as a 'difficult', and expressed his intention to overcome it without fail.



[Chosun Central Television: (General Secretary Kim Jong-un) solemnly swore on behalf of the Party Central Committee that he will surely overcome the current difficulties set before the revolution and be faithful to the end (in revolutionary ideology and cause).]



External message added did not come out as



Earlier, at the 3rd meeting, General Secretary Kim mentioned the relationship with the US for the first time since the Korea-US summit last month, saying that we must be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation.



The appointment of the first secretary, who is the representative of general secretary Kim, who drew attention, has not been announced.



At the plenary meeting, the Ministry of Unification evaluated that North Korea sent a restrained and flexible message.



Because no remarks provoking the US appeared.



North Korea promised to subdue and subdue the United States in January this year, just before the Biden administration took office, and last month warned that it would face an increasingly difficult crisis.



Simultaneously with the end of the North Korean plenary session, the South Korean and American authorities have also begun to move.



Sung Kim, the special representative for North Korea, who was appointed at the Korea-US summit, visited South Korea for the first time since taking office.




[Sung Kim/US State Department Special Representative for North Korea: I look forward to a productive meeting with the South Korean government's North Korean chief nuclear representative Noh Kyu-deok and his colleagues, (and with the Japanese side's North Korean chief nuclear representative and his colleagues).]



Direct contact with North Korea While it is known that there is no such thing, attention is being paid to whether a concrete message that will lead North Korea to dialogue can come out of the Korea-US-Korea-US-Japan consultation the day after.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)