북 최고인민회의 개막…김정은 새직위 오를지 주목
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly gets underway today.
The meeting is a follow-up to the regime's once-in-a-generation Workers' Party Congress held last month.
Our correspondent in charge of North Korean affairs Connie Kim takes us through the process widely seen as efforts to help further cement Kim Jong-un's grip on power.
North Korea holds its major parliamentary meeting on Wednesday where follow-up measures to the landmark Workers' Party Congress in May are expected to be decided.
An official from Seoul's unification ministry says the meeting is expected to reshuffle personnel and discuss parliamentary revisions to give North Korean leader Kim Jong-un complete control over government organizations and the party.
The assembly is the highest branch of state power in North Korea that establishes basic principles for domestic and foreign policy, adopts the state budget and approves decisions by the state leadership.
Most North Korea watchers in Seoul say the North will give the young leader a new title to cement his control in the long term.
There's speculation Pyongyang will restore the Central People's Committee, established by North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung, and bestow Kim Jong-un chairmanship of the committee.
Another issue that is likely to be discussed is the North's five-year economic development plan that was brought up during the Workers' Party Congress.
South Korea's unification ministry says the results of the meeting will be closely monitored to detect how new changes will affect the regime's political landscape.
Connie Kim, Arirang News.
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