North Korea said Saturday it has achieved “remarkable” success in implementing major policies over the past five years, as Pyongyang is holding a key party congress amid expectations that it will unveil its future policy direction. With North Korean leader Kim Jong-un present, the country held a policy review session on Friday, the second day of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s ninth party congress, the country’s biggest political event since 2021, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). On Thursday, it kicked off the high-profile party gathering, where it will outline major policy directions for the next five years on diplomacy, defense, the economy and other areas. The KCNA said North Korea has “successfully” carried out key policy plans “in all fields” over the past five years, calling it a period of “great transformation.” “The remarkable successes, experience and lessons, gained in the overall work of the Party and the state in politics, economy, culture, defense, diplomacy and other fields … serve as a springboard for making leaps forward in guaranteeing greater c
