SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un chastised self-protectionism and the passiveness of state agencies during a full session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party on Monday, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday.
The meeting was convened to discuss economic projects for this year, the first of its five-year national development plan presented at the eighth party congress held early last month, the North’s Korean Central News Agency said.
Kim presided over the meeting, during which state agencies made reports on what they have done and plan to do.
Kim “sharply denounced” the passiveness and self-protectionism shown by state agencies as they set their goals, and …
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