SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a nationwide drive to boost the ailing economy ahead of a key party congress in January, state media reported Tuesday.

This picture taken on October 5, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 6, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) taking part in a meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP

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