North Korea party conference tackles economy and defence strategies

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With leader Kim Jong Un in attendance, North Korea has opened a key political conference to discuss improving its struggling economy and reviewing defence strategies in the face of growing tensions with rivals, state media reported. The enlarged plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee came as the United States sent a nuclear-powered submarine to South Korea in the allies’ latest show of force against the North, which has ramped up its testing of nuclear-capable missiles to record pace in recent months. During the first day of meetings on Friday, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said,...