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Instead of announcing a separate New Year's address, North Korea delivered the results of the party meeting. At this point, General Kim Jong-un seemed angry, and there was also a scene where he was knocking on the desk.
This is Ahn Jung-shik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.
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plenary meeting of the North Korean Workers' Party continued until yesterday (31st), the last day of 2021.
General Secretary Kim Jong-un gives an order with an angry expression.
They were frequently observed tapping the desk with their fingertips and pointing their fingers as if they were dissatisfied that their instructions were not being followed.
Secretary-General Kim emphasized that last year was a year of victory, but emphasized that this year's tasks, especially in agriculture, should yield results.
[Report on the results of the North Korean Workers' Party plenary meeting: (General Secretary Kim) defined the complete solution of the country's food problem as the basic task of the rural development strategy... .]
Messages to South Korea and the United States were not specifically disclosed.
[Report on the results of the North Korean Workers' Party plenary meeting: (Secretary Kim) presented a series of tactical directions and principle issues to be maintained in inter-Korean relations and foreign business.] At the
plenary meeting in June last year, he mentioned the stable management of the situation on the Korean Peninsula. By comparison, in the first half of this year, North Korea is interpreted to have opened up the possibility of armed demonstrations as well as negotiations.
It will be quiet until next month, when the Beijing Olympics are held, but the March South Korea-US exercise is likely to be a variable.
General Secretary Kim said that he would put emergency quarantine as the number one priority for national projects, so the lockdown on the corona border is not expected to be lifted easily.
(Video editing: Wonhee Won)