Vow to expand nuclear arsenal

According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) convened the second plenary meeting of its ninth central committee for three days from Saturday, presided over by leader Kim, to assess how the country's policies have fared in the first half of the year and review the agenda set at a major party congress in February. At said meeting, Kim Jong-un called for efforts to further increase his country's nuclear assets and set forth tasks to dynamically carry out the work to increase powerful defence assets without pause, and "with a goal of overtaking the world.”