North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signs a document regarding the test of a hydrogen bomb, in this file still image taken from KRT video and released by Yonhap on January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Yonhap/Files
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's recent nuclear weapon test was designed to boost his domestic legitimacy ahead of a rare ruling party conference in May that could formalise market-based economic experiments in the isolated country, analysts say.
The Workers' Party Congress, once a regular event, was last held in 1980.
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