North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presided over a high-level meeting with military leaders for the first time in a year, as concerns grow that the country could soon conduct its seventh nuclear test.
Kim convened the meeting of the Central Military Commission on Tuesday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, with the body set to examine “crucial and urgent tasks to build up national defense” before deciding on “important strategic and tactical tasks to be fulfilled” by the country’s military.
The report said the CMC had "started the discussion on the presented agenda items," a sign the meeting — the first since June 2021 — could continue for at least another day.