North Korea’s Cabinet has reviewed economic progress during the five years of the Eighth Party Congress and announced tasks for the remainder of the period.
“In a preliminary review of five years of progress on the work of the Eighth Party Congress on Aug. 30, the Cabinet detailed accomplishments and shortcomings and informed each ministry and the people’s committees of each province, city and county about areas that need improvement,” a source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK recently.
The Cabinet identified manufacturing as the sector that has seen the most economic growth over the past five years. More specifically, manufacturing showed signs of recovering production capacity in machinery, chemistry and light industry.
The Cabinet also noted that construction had made good progress on building regional infrastructure and residential buildings in urban centers. In…
