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North Korea’s Kim calls for increased party role in economic plans – KCNA

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North Korea’s Kim calls for increased party role in economic plans – KCNA

ECONOMIC PLAN. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a plenary meeting of the Workers' Party central committee in Pyongyang in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 10, 2021.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stresses the importance of strengthening legal supervision and control over the country's 5-year economic plan

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called on his ruling Workers’ Party to take a more direct role in his new 5-year economic plan and blamed the party for past failures in implementing reform, state media reported on Thursday, February 11.

The remarks come on the 3rd day of the party’s plenary meeting, where Kim had also laid out party plans for South Korea relations and external affairs, as well as plans for each economic sector.

In January, Kim openly admitted that his previous 5-year economic plan had failed to meet its goals in almost every sector.

Kim this week stressed the importance of strengthening legal supervision and control over the next 5-year plan, which was unveiled at a congress in January, state media KCNA said.

“It called upon the legislation sector to remove irrational elements becoming stumbling blocks to the implementation of the national economic plan and enact and perfect new laws for every sector,” KCNA reported.

Kim blamed the party for failing to fulfill its responsibilities and role as “organizers and standard-bearers” in carrying out previous economic policies.

“Legislative bodies including the prosecution organ should increase their role to make sure the national economic plan is properly distributed and correctly executed,” Kim told the party on Wednesday, February 10, in a statement carried by KCNA. – Rappler.com

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