Seoul:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the new year with a letter to the country’s citizens and a check out to the tomb of his father and grandfather, state media reported, but gave no instant sign he would give a speech as he has in previous years.
In the letter, Kim supplied thanks to the folks for possessing trusted and supported the ruling Party even in the “difficult” instances, state news agency KCNA reported on Friday.
The North Korean leader has previously apologised for failing to fulfil promises of financial improvement and for the hardships citizens have endured as a outcome of international sanctions and strict measures aimed at stopping a coronavirus outbreak.
“In the new year, too, I will work hard to bring earlier the new era in which the ideals and desires of our people will come true,” Kim wrote, according to KCNA.
North Korea has mentioned it has no confirmed instances of coronavirus, although officials in South Korea and the United States say that is unlikely.
Its economy has been strained by self-imposed border lockdowns and other strident measures to protect against an outbreak.
Crowds of partiers wearing face masks rang in the new year at a concert and fireworks show in the key square in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Thursday evening, state media showed.
As the clock struck midnight, Kim as effectively as other senior leaders visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, exactly where the bodies of his father and grandfather – the earlier rulers of North Korea – lie preserved below glass.
Kim was also accompanied by delegates to the Eighth Party Congress, a uncommon political gathering due to be held some time in early January, KCNA reported.
Together the leaders and the delegates “hardened their firm pledge to glorify the 8th Congress of the Party as the watershed in the development of the Party and the revolution,” KCNA mentioned.
Kim is anticipated to use the congress to announce a new 5-year financial strategy, make leadership alterations, and make other political statements.
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