Kim Jong Un tells party to improve North Korea's 'food, clothing and housing' issues

Kim Jong Un confirmed plans to initiate a five-year plan to recover 'the national economy and solving the people's food, clothing and housing problems.'

pushed for more effort to combat the"unprecedented difficulties" of harsh food and living situations during a speech for the 76th anniversary of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang on Sunday, the Associated Press reported..

The agency said Kim described the current state of the country as a"grim situation," and admitted past economic plans had not succeeded. Nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled for more than two years over disagreements in exchanging the release of crippling U.S.-led sanctions against North Korea and the North's denuclearization steps.

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