The announcement by the rubber-stamp party congress comes as little surprise given the Kim family's grip since the 1940s.
North Korea maintains four railway crossings to China and one to Russia while physically severing connections to South Korea with barriers and mines.
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Kim reelected to top post of North Korea's ruling party as it hails his nuclear buildup
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reelected to the top post of the ruling Workers' Party, with delegates crediting him for ...
Message from Communist Party of China’s Central Committee lauds Workers’ Party for helping to develop North Korean economy, ...
Chinese leader sends message of 'high trust and wholehearted support' to Kim Jong-un after major party event Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after he ...
China and Russia, traditionally aligned with North Korea, have sent congratulatory letters to the North in recognition of the opening of its first congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un kicked off the country's Ninth Party Congress, the decision-making body of the party, with a ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to use the event to set his domestic and foreign policy agenda for the next five ...
"It's a very good world if you are Kim Jong Un right now," a leading North Korea analyst told Newsweek.
BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping hailed on Monday (Feb 23) a "new chapter" in relations with North Korea as he ...
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