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.



"The Ninth Congress of our Party will declare the next phase of self-reliant defence's initiative and goal," said Kim in a speech during the rocket launcher ceremony, according to KCNA.