North Korea convenes key party meeting to set policy, state media reports

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a policy-setting key meeting of the ruling party, declaring a “strongest” response strategy towards the United States for national safety. The trilateral alliance between South Korea, the US, and Japan was criticized as a “nuclear military bloc”, with South Korea labelled as an “anti-communism outpost”. The meeting also discussed flood response, plans to promote relations with friendly countries, and wrapped up a year marked by a mutual defence pledge between North Korea and Russia.

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