SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has chaired a Politburo meeting on preparations for a rare party congress in early January, state media said on Wednesday.

The congress, which is expected to set out a new economic and political plan, will be the first such meeting in five years, and only the eighth in North Korea's history.

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