[EN.YNA.CO.KR] North Korea...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
's rubber-stamp legislature was set to hold a rare second meeting of the year on Thursday, spawning speculation about what message Pyongyang will send to the outside world amid stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the highest organ of state power under the constitution, usually meets once a year to rubber-stamp decisions by the ruling Workers' Party. The North has also used SPA sessions as a major platform to unveil key policy changes or messages.
During this year's first session in April, North Korean leader Kim
PudgeJong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
was reelected as Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, the communist state's highest seat of power and its constitution was revised to make him official head of state.
Kim also delivered a rare policy speech during the meeting, expressing a willingness to hold a third summit with U.S. President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......after their no-deal summit in February and saying that he will wait until year's end for Washington's "courageous" decision.
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