This picture taken on June 15, 2021 and released from DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16 shows DPRK leader Kim Jong-un attending the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a party plenary meeting Tuesday to review the execution of major state policies for the first half of this year under current international situation, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday.

Kim, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), said at the third Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of WPK that he highly appreciated the positive achievements by the party and the state work over the past six months.

DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un said that the country's economy has shown improvement as a whole by implementing its first half-year plan

He said that the country's economy has shown improvement as a whole by implementing its first half-year plan, as its total industrial output and the amount of goods increased largely from a year ago.

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The food situation is getting tense as the agricultural sector failed to fulfill its grain production plan due to the damage by typhoon last year, he said, urging the plenary meeting to take a positive measure for settling the food shortage problem.

The major agenda items of the plenary meeting included the reviewing of the execution of major state policies for the first half of this year, the issue of farming, the anti-pandemic situation, the current international situation and the party's corresponding direction, said the report.

The DPRK said that it has not detected a single case of COVID-19 nationwide as it closed its borders in January last year. 

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