North Korea’s parliament to convene session to discuss constitutional amendment

North Korea’s parliament to convene session to discuss constitutional amendment

State media says the supreme people’s assembly will also discuss laws regarding light industry and product quality supervision.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (centre) attending the ninth session of the 14th supreme people’s assembly at the Mansudae assembly hall in Pyongyang. (EPA Images/KCNA pic)
SEOUL:
The North Korean supreme people’s assembly (SPA), the reclusive state’s rubber-stamp parliament, will convene a new session on Oct 7 in Pyongyang to discuss matters related to a constitutional amendment, state media reported today.

The last SPA meeting was held in January where leader Kim Jong-un called for a constitutional amendment that would view South Korea as the “primary foe.”

At that time, Kim said he had concluded that unification with the South was no longer possible.

Other issues such as laws regarding light industry and product quality supervision will also be discussed, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The decision for the next meeting was made at a plenary meeting of the parliament’s standing committee on Sunday.

The North’s parliament rarely meets and usually serves to approve decisions on issues such as governing structures and budgets that have been created by the state’s ruling Workers’ Party, members of which form the vast majority of the assembly.

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