SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said raising living standards was his number one priority in an annual New Year’s address on Friday that avoided any explicit reference to the country’s nuclear weapons programme.
There was a mention of the importance of developing “varied” military strike options, but the thrust of the 30-minute televised speech was economic development in the isolated, cash-strapped state.
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