N. Korea to Hold Congress to Choose Leaders as Succession Looms
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North Korea will hold its first party congress in 30 years next week, setting the stage for a possible power transfer in the Stalinist state from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son.
The Workers Party of Korea will meet Sept. 28 in the capital of Pyongyang to choose “its supreme leadership body,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported today. Kim will attend the meeting as a delegate, KCNA said.