North Korea announced last week that it will hold a major party meeting in June to discuss progress toward annual goals, but state media’s report was conspicuously silent about the timing of another high-profile event — delayed elections for the country’s parliament.

Elections for the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) should have taken place in early March according to the normal five-year schedule. By law, the state is required to announce an election 60 days before its held, meaning that North Korea has already delayed the election by at least half a year.

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