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| Kimmie skips opening of Nork parliament |
| 2010-04-10 |
| SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea held the annual meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament on Friday, its official media reported, a session marked by the absence of leader Kim Jong-il and and a focus on drives to rebuild its broken economy. It was unclear why Kim missed the session, though it is not the first time he has done so. His name was not mentioned when North Korean TV introduced a list of key participants. Might be another stroke, might be his diabetes kicking up ... The reports by the official Korean Central News Agency, monitored in Seoul, did not reveal any sign of the hereditary power transfer apparently underway in the secretive communist state. The 687-member assembly pledged efforts to normalize production in light and agricultural industries while making an unspecified revision to the North Korean constitution, the KCNA said. Oh boy, another five year plan with expanded army first and juche ... "The Cabinet will expand and develop foreign trade and conduct economic and technical cooperation with other countries in a bold and big manner," it quoted a senior North Korean representative as saying during the session. The assembly gives |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Reached for comment, Kim Jong-il responded "Brrrrains!" |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-04-10 19:37 |