North Korea Parliament Meet

North Korea's parliament has met to rubber-stamp Kim Jong Un's policies, but the leader himself was conspicuously absent as he prepares for two key summits with South Korea and the US.

North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, the isolated state's decision-making rubber-stamp parliament, will hold a meeting on April 11, the North's Central News Agency said on Thursday.

North Korea was to convene a session of its legislative assembly today, with observers looking for more details to emerge of a new economic plan announced at a rare party congress in May.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's spy agency told a closed-door parliament meeting on Wednesday.

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament was set to meet on Monday at a time of soaring military tensions and a day after ruling party leaders vowed to enshrine Pyongyang's right to nuclear weapons in law.

North Korea's parliament has met to rubber-stamp Kim Jong Un's policies, but the leader himself was conspicuously absent as he prepares for two key summits with South Korea and the US.

North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, the isolated state's decision-making rubber-stamp parliament, will hold a meeting on April 11, the North's Central News Agency said on Thursday.

North Korea was to convene a session of its legislative assembly today, with observers looking for more details to emerge of a new economic plan announced at a rare party congress in May.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's spy agency told a closed-door parliament meeting on Wednesday.

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament was set to meet on Monday at a time of soaring military tensions and a day after ruling party leaders vowed to enshrine Pyongyang's right to nuclear weapons in law.