Kim Jong Un Focuses on Economy in New Year's Speech

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used his New Year's Day address Friday to focus primarily on the importance of economic development, avoiding any explicit threats or references to his country's nuclear weapons program. Kim, who sported new plastic-framed glasses and his signature shaved-sides haircut, spoke of the need to "create a turnaround in economic development" and raise living standards in the impoverished country. The young leader offered few specifics in his...

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