North Korean state media featured extensive coverage on the completion of new upgrades at the country’s biggest steel mill this week, a development that could help the country address steel shortages as it pushes major housing projects.

State media announced that the Supreme People’s Assembly, the DPRK’s rubber-stamp parliament, will meet in mid-January to review budgets for 2023 and 2024. Past sessions have introduced new laws on topics like clamping down on foreign influence.

A propaganda outlet targeting South Koreans mocked President Yoon Suk-yeol for his drinking during a trip to Paris, accusing him