Kim Jong Un’s Tuesday order for an “80-day battle” to achieve economic goals marks the first such “speed battle” demanded by the DPRK in years. 

North Korea last ordered two similar “battles” in 2016. And this time around, citizens across the country will have to work extra hard and extra long until the campaign officially ends — seemingly until Christmas day.

As Kim Jong Un deals with the most challenging storm of circumstances he has likely ever faced, North Korea has framed the 80-day campaign as an effort to reach economic goals before a major Party