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| ▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is depicted in a mosaic mural installed at a newly built rural housing complex in North Hamgyong Province, in this file photo carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 27, 2025. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
N Korea-party congress
N. Korea touts achievements in 'rural revolution' ahead of key party congress
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday hailed the country's endeavors in achieving a "rural revolution" as the regime is set to hold the ninth party congress early this year.
The Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's most widely read newspaper, carried the report, praising the construction of farm villages as an "immortal journey" that has stood out prominently over the past five years.
The paper cited rural achievements, such as increased agricultural output, advances in farming technologies and improvements in the rural environment, but did not provide any specific figures.
"The new-era rural revolution is an undertaking that is unprecedented in the country's socialist construction in terms of the range and depth of its transformation and the magnitude of its tasks," the newspaper said.
The North Korean party is expected to convene its ninth party congress in January or February, at which a new five-year development plan is expected to be formulated. It will mark the first party congress since the eighth in 2021, where a five-year economic development plan was adopted.
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