SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to lift living standards as he opened a landmark congress, state media said on Friday, offering a glimpse of economic strains within the sanctions-hit nation.

Kim's opening speech focused on improving economic activity, with no mention of relations with the US or South Korea.

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Reports that Kim Jong Un has chosen his teenage daughter as successor raise new questions about the future of power in North Korea.

North Korea on the 19th released a photo showing 50 upgraded 600 mm super-large multiple rocket launchers, described as a "gift for the 9th Workers’ Party Congress" by military industry workers, lined up in front of the April 25 House of Culture, the ...