North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly convened on Wednesday where state finances were discussed, North Korean state media reported on Thursday, while leader Kim Jong Un appeared to be absent from the proceedings.
SEOUL: North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly convened on Wednesday where state finances were discussed, North Korean state media reported on Thursday, while leader Kim Jong Un appeared to be absent from the proceedings.
An empty seat presumed to be the leader’s could be seen in photographs distributed by North Korea’s central news agency and there was no mention of his attendance in the state media reports.
The Supreme People’s Assembly, a rubber-stamp parliament, holds these meetings once or twice a year to approve decisions on issues such as governing structures and budgets that have been created by the state’s powerful Workers’ Party, members of which form the vast majority of the assembly.
Kim Jong Un’s attendance is not mandatory, although in previous occasions he has made speeches at the events.
