North Korea’s fall 2019 parliamentary session: what to expect



Analysis North Korea’s fall 2019 parliamentary session: what to expect Second SPA meeting this year likely to deal with smaller-scale issues and personnel shuffles than opening April session Rachel Minyoung Lee August 28, 2019 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA North Korea on August 8 announced that the Second Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) will be held on August 29. It follows a two-day opening session of the 14th SPA held from April 11-12. On the first day of the First Session of the 14th SPA, the parliament elected Kim Jong Un as the State Affairs Commission (SAC) chairman; carried out sweeping personnel shuffles in state organs, including the cabinet; revised the constitution; and reviewed the 2018 state budget execution and the 2019 budget. On the second day, Kim Jong Un delivered a “policy speech” on “the Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push 02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way

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North Korea’s fall 2019 parliamentary session: what to expect

Second SPA meeting this year likely to deal with smaller-scale issues and personnel shuffles than opening April session

Rachel Minyoung Lee August 28, 2019

North Korea’s fall 2019 parliamentary session: what to expect

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North Korea on August 8 announced that the Second Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) will be held on August 29. It follows a two-day opening session of the 14th SPA held from April 11-12.

On the first day of the First Session of the 14th SPA, the parliament elected Kim Jong Un as the State Affairs Commission (SAC) chairman; carried out sweeping personnel shuffles in state organs, including the cabinet; revised the constitution; and reviewed the 2018 state budget execution and the 2019 budget. On the second day, Kim Jong Un delivered a “policy speech” on “the

01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push
02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way

North Korea’s fall 2019 parliamentary session: what to expect

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