N. Korea's Kim meets senior officials to address economy: KCNA

This picture taken on June 7, 2021 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 8 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (centre) attending a consultative meeting of senior officials of the Party Central Committee and provincial Party committees at the office building of the Party Central Committee in Pyongyang. - KCNA via AFP

SEOUL (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convened a meeting of senior officials of the Workers' Party to evaluate and improve the economy in the second half of the year, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday (June 8).

Kim is seeking a greater role in government to lift up an economy battered by international sanctions aimed at stopping its nuclear programme, and strict border closures to ward off the coronavirus.