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North Korea calls for normalising factories, economy after Covid ‘upheaval’

January 19, 2023
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SEOUL – North Korea’s parliament has outlined plans to normalise industrial production and meet its economic goals this year, despite the “worst-ever upheaval” amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, state media said on Thursday (Jan 19).

The reclusive country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, held a two-day meeting from Tuesday to discuss government budget, economic policy and personnel changes, the official KCNA news agency said.

South Korea’s central bank has said the North’s economy shrank in 2021 for a second straight year after suffering its biggest contraction in more than two decades the year before, hit by Covid-19 lockdowns and international sanctions over its weapons programmes.

Leader Kim Jong-un did not join the meeting, but Kim Tok-hun, premier of the cabinet, reviewed last year’s work and laid out tasks this year for key industries.

The premier lauded the country for “successfully tackling the worst-ever upheaval since the founding of the country” amid the Covid-19 outbreak, despite “shortcomings” in implementing last year’s plans.

The cabinet aims to expedite the production of overall sectors and make 2023 “a year of great turn and change in the course of development” marking the 75th anniversary of the country’s foundation, Kim said.

“It will make sure that the economic indices and 12 major goals to be attained by all the sectors of the national economy are carried out without fail,” Kim said, according to KCNA.

He called for normalising the production of metal factories and reinforcing iron mines and steel plants, and for operating chemical plants “at full capacity” to accelerate construction projects.

The country will also take “strong measures” to supply equipment, materials and funds to boost coal production, Kim said.

In another KCNA dispatch on budget deliberations, Finance Minister Ko Jong-bom said this year’s overall spending is expected to rise by 101.7 per cent from last year, without specifying numbers.

Some 45 per cent of the total expenditure will be allotted to promote the economy and the people’s livelihoods, while defence spending would take up 15.9 per cent, about the same as last year, Ko said.

“The state budget for this year should be implemented without fail to financially support the work for bolstering up the country’s defence capability, developing the economy and improving the people’s standard of living,” Ko told the parliament.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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