N. Korea holds key party meeting to review policy performance in 1st half

North Korea has held a key party meeting to review the implementation of state policies in the first half of the year and discuss policy directions for the second half, state media reported Tuesday, without issuing any message toward South Korea or the United States. The North convened the 12th plenary session of the eighth Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) from Saturday to Monday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The meeting was held to reaffirm policy directions for the second half and discuss ways to expand and deepen short-, intermediate- and long-term plans for economic construction, the KCNA said. The North's leader Kim Jong-un, who presided over the latest party meeting, delivered a speech, but state media did not disclose details. The party meeting had garnered attention over whether Kim would issue any message targeting the U.S. or South Korea as U.S. President Donald Trump and President Lee Jae Myung have shown a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea. But there were no such messages in the North's media reports. Trump is "receptivWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times