| (Pyongyang Labor Newspaper = News 1) = The Labor Newspaper, an agency of the North Korean Labor Party, reported on the 17th that delegates participating in the Supreme People’s Assembly climbed the hill of Mansudae and settled flower baskets on the statues of President Kim Il-sung and National Defense Commissioner Kim Jong-il. [국내에서만 사용가능. 재배포 금지. DB 금지. For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. Redistribution Prohibited] [email protected] |
The Chosun Central News Agency reported on the 18th that North Korea held the Supreme People’s Assembly, which is the highest sovereign body under the constitution and the parliamentary qualification of South Korea.
The news agency said on the day that “the 4th meeting of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly was held on the 17th at the Mansudae”. Chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly Choi Ryong-hae, Vice Chairman of the Party’s Central Military Committee, Lee Byeong-cheol, and Cabinet Prime Minister Kim Deok-hoon, etc. attended, and the standing chairman Choi held an opening and closing remarks, the news agency said.
General Secretary Kim Jong-un did not attend this meeting as he was not elected to the Supreme People’s Assembly delegate in March 2019.
At the meeting, △organizational issues, △debate on the thorough implementation of the five-year plan for national economic development proposed by the 8th Party Congress, △the settlement of the national budget in 2020 and the national budget in 2021 were discussed as agendas.
In the organizational issue, all members of the cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Kim were appointed with all support. Six new names were added to the Deputy Prime Minister, including Park Jeong-geun, Jeon Hyun-cheol, Kim Seong-ryong, Lee Seong-hak, Park Hoon, and Joo Cheol-gyu. Park Jeong-geun, the head of the National Planning Committee, and Joo Chul-gyu, the Agricultural Prize, are also serving as Vice Prime Minister.
Chemical Industry Award (Minister) Ma Jong-seon, Railroad Awards Chang Chun-Sung, Extraction Industry Awards Kim Chul-soo, Resource Development Awards Kim Choong-Sung, Post Officer Ju Yong-il, Construction Building Awards Seo Jong-jin, Light Industry Awards Jang Kyung-il, Finance Awards Jeong Beom, Labor Award Jin Geum-Song Foreign Economic Awards Yoon Jung-ho, Urban Management Awards Lim Gyeong-jae, Commerce Awards Park Hyuk-cheol, National Construction Supervision Awards Lee Hyuk-kwon, Kim Il-sung University President and Education Committee Higher Education Awards Guk-cheol Lee, Health Awards Choi Kyung-cheol, Culture Awards Seung Jeong-gyu, Central Bank President Chae Seong-hak, Central Statistics Bureau Director Ri Chul-san Was appointed. The head of the Central Prosecutor’s Office was replaced by Sang-cheol Woo.
Most of the positions of the ministers of major ministries in the cabinet were replaced due to the’economic failure’, but the reorganization of the members of the State Council was not mentioned. Accordingly, it is believed that the party secretary, Cho Yong-won, who was initially expected to enter the State Council, did not attend.
In addition, there is no mention that vice chairman Park Bong-ju, vice chairman Kim Jae-ryong, Lee Man-gun, and vice-chairman Kim Hyeong-jun, who had changed personnel at the 8th party conference, are not mentioned that they have been re-elected to the State Council, so additional personnel should be watched.
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| (Pyongyang Labor News = News 1) = North Korean Cabinet Prime Minister Kim Deok-hoon. [국내에서만 사용가능. 재배포 금지. DB 금지. For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. Redistribution Prohibited] [email protected] |
Prime Minister Kim made a report on the thorough implementation of the five-year plan for national economic development. He pointed out, “In the implementation period of the five-year strategy for national economic development, there were serious deficiencies in the work of the Cabinet.” He pointed out that “there was less than the targets of the major economic indicators set out during the implementation of the five-year strategy in almost all sectors of the people’s economy.”
At the same time, “The Cabinet has adopted the maintenance strategy and reinforcement strategy proposed by the party during the new five-year plan as an economic strategy, taking self-reliance and self-sufficiency as the basic seed and theme, and continuously developing our economy without being shaken by any external influences. I will put it firmly on the normal orbit.”
Next, plans for the power industry, coal industry, machinery industry, rail transport, and construction were presented. In particular, in the foreign economy sector, “We will make annual plans for the construction of tourism targets including the Geumgangsan area, and plan operations and commands for their execution.” He also mentioned.
The news agency explained that the debaters seriously analyzed and summarized the deficiencies, causes, and lessons that did not make significant progress in the country’s economic development and people’s living improvement over the past period, and raised realistic and mobilized countermeasures for the realization of the new five-year plan. did.
At the meeting, the Supreme People’s Assembly statutes, “On the thorough implementation of the Five-Year Plan for National Economic Development proposed by the Party 8th Congress”, approval of settlement of the national budget execution in 2020, and the national budget in 2021 were all in favor.
It is reported that this year, national budget expenditure increased 1.1% compared to last year, and investment in economic construction increased 0.6% compared to last year.
Specifically, the budget was increased by 0.9% to concentrate investment in the metal and chemical industries, and increase production in the basic industries of the people’s economy, agriculture and light industry. It is reported that investment in science and technology increased by 1.6% and 15.9% was allocated to the total expenditure to strengthen national defense.
Meanwhile, this meeting was held in order to prepare follow-up measures for the 8th Party Congress, which had been held for 8 days from the 5th, and ended in one day.
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