North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds party meeting ahead of US deadline

Ahe of year-end deline set by rth Korea for United Stats to reduce tariffs and carry out parallel denuclearization, Kim Jong-un convened a meeting of top ruling party officials on December 28 to discuss important policy matters reported state news ncy on December 29. first-day session of plenary meeting was arranged to discuss important matters arising in party building and activities and in building of state and national defence, ncy wrote. As Kim is chairman of ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), immediate orientation of struggle of WPK and state and important policy issues for new victory in our revolution under present situation were brought up as ndas of plenary meeting, report ded.

re were furr details of meeting, but it said meeting will be continued. meeting follows ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Meeting to discuss boosting country's military capability which was held a week ago. meets were previously disclosed by rth Korean government earlier this month when it said it would hold a plenary session of its ruling party sometime this month to discuss and decide on crucial issues due to changed situation at home and abro, without elaborating in its official statement. 

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Nuclear talks stalled

rth Korea h warned that it might just have a "Christmas gift" for US and nature of gift will depend on US' actions. Nuclear talks between two states have been stalled since February summit between leers US pResident Donald Trump and Kim apart. Last week, Trump took a dig at Kim Jong Un saying latter must be planning to gift something ‘nice’ such as a “beautiful vase” and t a missile launch. Just after Christmas week, US flew four surveillance planes over Korean Peninsula. 

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four aircraft, namely RC-135W Rivet Joint, E-8C, RQ-4 Global Hawk and RC-135S Cobra Ball, were believed to have "carried out missions over and around Korean Peninsula", South Korean news ncy reported.

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Speculations are rife that rth Korea might test an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhe. South Korean troops and United States special forces reportedly conducted drills simulating infiltration of an enemy facility as tensions with rth Korea rise ahe of a year-end deline. rth Korea h recently conducted a nuclear test at Sohae launch site by going against process of denuclearisation which drew ire of Trump ministration. A new structure was spotted in a satellite im of a factory where rth Korea makes military equipment used in launch of long-range missiles. im, which was taken on December 19, shows March 16 Factory near Pyongyang where rth Korea manufactures trucks used as mobile launchers for its long-range missiles. 

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