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N. Korea to Hold Key Party Conference in April |
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koreatimes.co.kr |
| Source Date: |
Monday, February 20, 2012 |
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Knowledge Management in Government
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| Country: |
Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) |
| Created: |
Feb 21, 2012 |
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North Korea will hold a key political conference in April, the country's state media reported Monday, amid fresh tensions with South Korea.
The Workers' Party has decided to convene the conference in mid-April "to glorify the sacred revolutionary life and feats" of its late leader Kim Jong-il and "rallied close" around his son and successor, Kim Jong-un, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency. The junior Kim was named a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party in the previous party conference in September 2010, the North's biggest political gathering in 44 years.
The young leader has become the supreme commander of the 1.1 million-strong military after taking over the communist country following the death of his father in December. Paik Hak-soon, a senior research fellow at the Sejong Institute, an independent think tank near Seoul, said Kim Jong-un is likely to assume key party posts at the upcoming conference such as general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The planned conference is expected to be held around April 15, the centennial of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung, the grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea, one of the poorest countries in the world, has vowed to usher in a prosperous and powerful nation by this year. The North also marks the 80th founding anniversary of its military in April.
The North's announcement comes as North Korea threatened military actions against South Korea's live-fire drills on Monday near their tense western sea border. South Korea said the "routine" drills, the second of their kind this year, will take place in waters near two western border islands, including Yeonpyeong.
North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island in November 2010 and killed four people, claiming it was a legitimate self-defensive step against South Korea's military drills. "If the puppet warmongers preempt reckless firing despite our warning, they will not escape punishment thousands-fold severer than the past" Yeonpyeong Island shelling, the Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said Sunday, according to the KCNA. (Yonhap)
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