DPRK top leader vows to boost economy in New Year address
By Agencies in Pyongyang and Seoul | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-02 07:30
Kim Jong-un, leader of the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, makes his first New Year's speech in Pyongyang on Tuesday. Agence France-Presse / KCNA via KNS |
Making his first new year's speech, Kim Jong-un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, called on Tuesday for his country to focus on economic improvements with the same urgency that scientists put into the launch of a long-range rocket last month.
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