Hundreds of North Korean delegates from around the country will meet on Sept. 28 to discuss local economic development, youth education and other issues at the second Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) session this year, state media announced on Thursday.

The presidium of the SPA also adopted changes to road traffic and forestry laws in a meeting on Tuesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The SPA, despite being the DPRK’s top legislative body, does not practice independent decision-making like similar bodies in other countries. 

Instead, experts have describedthe large-scale SPA meetings of 687 delegates, representing every electoral