Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans
Supreme People’s Assembly maintains high defense spending levels while boosting pandemic budget
Rodong Sinmun (Feb. 8, 2022) | The 6th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall from Feb. 6 to 7
North Korea’s top legislative body once again allocated a high percentage of the national budget towards defense and raised its pandemic prevention spending by 33% for 2022, state media reported on Tuesday.
The spending decisions — which cover only the segments of the economy that the Cabinet manages — were made at a Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) session held Sunday and Monday in Pyongyang.
North Korea’s top legislative body once again allocated a high percentage of the national budget towards defense and raised its pandemic prevention spending by 33% for 2022, state media reported on Tuesday.
The spending decisions — which cover only the segments of the economy that the Cabinet manages — were made at a Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) session held Sunday and Monday in Pyongyang.
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