North Korea Set to Celebrate Kim Jong Un’s Era

North Korea’s party congress starting later this week will serve as a political tool to cement Kim Jong Un’s rule, analysts in Seoul and Washington said. The seventh congress of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, set to begin on Friday, is the first in nearly 40 years. The congress is likely to last several days. In the past, the event drew many delegates from around the world. In 1980, nearly 180 delegates from 118 countries attended the gathering. This time, the North is known to...

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