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Thu, 03/23/2017 - 01:13
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N. Korea to Hold Parliamentary Meeting on April 11

Seoul, March 22 (Jiji Press)--North Korea will hold the fifth session of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang on April 11, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday. The upcoming meeting will follow the fourth session of the 13th assembly held on June 29 last year. At the fourth session, North Korea revised its constitution and transformed the National Defense Commission, the country's top authority, to the State Affairs Commission. At the same time, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, became chairman of the SAC, assuming the top party and state posts. According to a report by South Korea's Yonhap news agency, North Korea may announce a replacement for Kim Won Hong, who is believed to have been dismissed as minister of state security in January, at the coming assembly session. Kim Won Hong, who also served as a member of the SAC, is under house arrest after making a false report to Kim Jong Un, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service. END

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