North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new military goals to be set at party congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said new military and ​construction goals will be set ​during an upcoming ⁠key party congress, state media KCNA said on Thursday.
Kim attended a ceremony of 600mm-calibre multiple rocket launchers being gifted to the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, as well as the groundbreaking ceremony of a new construction project in Hwasong District, Pyongyang on Wednesday.
Kim has been touting the progress of the country’s various projects ahead of this ​month’s Ninth Congress, the country’s biggest political gathering that reviews performance, sets new policy goals and can bring leadership change.