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DPRK's ruling party to hold seventh Congress

Xinhua, October 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Seventh Congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be held in early May in 2016, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday.

The political bureau of the WPK central committee announced the decision, in which it lauded the party's governance, saying the party has become "the organizer and leader of all victories for the Korean people," according to the report.

The conference is to be held to reflect the demand of the party and national development that "witness epoch-making changes in accomplishing ...the cause of building a thriving socialist nation," it said. Endi