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November 03, 2024
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South Korea holds out hope for a major shout-out at North Korea’s Party Congress

Experts say that Kim Jong Un will inevitably bring up his Seoul counterparts, but will keep the message very vague

Kim Jong Un has almost always delivered a New Years speech and included a message to South Korea. But this year, Jan. 1 came and went without any sign of the North Korean leader’s famous annual address.

So, Seoul is now looking for a shout-out in the DPRK’s next milestone event: the high-profile Party Congress in Pyongyang, which is slated for sometime this week and could happen any day now.

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