North Korea’s parliament session is still under wraps, sparking questions about delays and what’s on the agenda.
As of Sunday in Seoul, North Korea hasn’t shared any details from a key plenary session of its Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) that was supposed to kick off last week. The country’s standing committee announced the meeting for September 20 back in August, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
But by 7 a.m. Sunday, neither KCNA nor the Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s main newspaper—had posted any updates on the gathering. This silence has experts speculating that the SPA session might stretch over two days or more, or even get pushed to a later date, as reported by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency citing KCNA.
The session was set to tackle several important laws, including a new grain management act to handle food supplies, a review and adoption of an intellectual property rights act, and steps to implement a city management act. Officials didn’t spill more details at the time.
People are also watching closely for any talk of revising North Korea’s constitution. This could formalize the regime’s tough stance on South Korea as a major enemy. Back in January last year, leader Kim Jong-un called for changes during a parliamentary meeting, labeling South Korea the “primary hostile state” and “unchanging primary foe.” So far, though, no official word has come out on whether that happened.
Kim’s powerful sister, Kim Yo-jong, echoed the idea earlier this year. She pushed for the constitution to lock in South Korea as the “most hostile threat” for good. With these hostile policy updates in the spotlight, the session’s outcome could signal big shifts in North Korea’s approach to its southern neighbor.
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