Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, made an important policy speech, titled, “On the Tasks Facing the Government of the Republic at the Present Stage of Socialist Construction”, at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK on March 23.

Dear comrade Deputies,

And comrade observers,

First, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my warm congratulations to all Deputies who have been elected as members of the supreme power organ of our dignified State, the fifteenth of its kind, thanks to the great trust and support and approval of the people throughout the country.

I also congratulate you on your election as members of the new-term State leadership according to the recommendation of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the deliberation and decision at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.