At a meeting on the second day of the expanded plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Jong-un, the general secretary of the North Korean Workers' Party, presented new key goals for strengthening national defense next year.



The Chosun Central News Agency said that the second day meeting of the Labor Party's plenary meeting continued yesterday, and that in the report of General Secretary Kim, "new core goals for strengthening the self-defensive defense power that must be strongly promoted in 2023 were presented."



However, the central news agency did not specifically reveal what the key goal presented by Secretary General Kim was.



The Central News Agency also reported that in the report of General Secretary Kim, "The principle of foreign business and the direction of struggle against the enemy that the Party and the government of the Republic must thoroughly adhere to in order to protect national rights and defend national interests in the current situation were specified."



In addition, Secretary General Kim "expanded the achievements and experiences achieved in various fields of socialist cultural construction, including science, education, and health, and mentioned principles and measures to overcome a series of serious shortcomings," the KCNA reported. I did.



Secretary General Kim also said, "The problem of bringing about a fundamental change in the ideological culture and life culture of the masses, the problem of constantly improving the function and role of socialist law and thoroughly establishing a law-abiding atmosphere, and the unique and excellent socialist construction of our style. Issues were raised about developing the popular movement, the social patriotic movement, which is vitality, more vigorously,” the KCNA said.



The Labor Party plenary meeting is expected to continue until the end of this month.



(Photo = Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, Yonhap News)