Kim reelected as party chief, but NK avoids direct message to Seoul, US

North Korea has reelected Kim Jong-un as general secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party at its ongoing party congress, its state media said Monday, as the regime highlighted progress in nuclear deterrence while refraining from direct messages toward South Korea and the United States. “The Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea decides to elect Kim Jong-un as general secretary of the WPK ... for the development of the WPK and the prosperity of the state,” the Korean Central News Agency sai

By The Korea Herald