The North Korean leader convened a weekend meeting of top Workers’ Party officials to discuss policy matters amid rising tension over his deadline for the U.S. to soften its stance in stalled negotiations aimed at dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs
People watch a news program showing the latest pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a railway station, in Seoul, on Dec. 30, 2019.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called at a ruling party meeting for “positive and offensive measures” to ensure security ahead of a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearization talks with the United States, state media KCNA said on Monday.
The key policy-making organ drew several hundred attendees, state television showed on Monday. The committee also met in 2018 and in April but on a much smaller scale. North Korea has urged Washington to offer a new approach to resume negotiations, warning that it may take an unspecified “new path” if the United States fails to meet its expectations.
A video released by the U.S. Air Force and reviewed by Reuters on Monday showed a simulation of an Aegis destroyer spotting what appeared to be a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile being fired towards the Pacific over the skies of Japan, prompting the launch of ground interceptor missiles.
KCNA said Kim discussed state management and economic issues in line with his campaign to build an “independent economy.”Kim “presented the tasks for urgently correcting the grave situation of the major industrial sectors of the national economy,” KCNA said. Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the proposal was aimed at promoting the talks process and to “satisfy reasonable humanitarian and livelihood requirements” from North Korea.
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