Politics

The First Plenary Meeting of the 15th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held at the Pyongyang Assembly Hall on June 11.

Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.

Present there were Vice-Chairman Kim Hyong Sik, Secretary General Ko Kil Son and other members of the SPA Standing Committee.

Present there as observers were relevant officials of the SPA Standing Committee, the Secretariat of the Cabinet, ministries and national agencies.

The meeting discussed as agenda items the issue of deliberating on and adopting the Law of the DPRK on Academic Degrees and Titles and the issue of electing judges and people's assessors of the Supreme Court.

There was a report on the main contents of the draft law examined at the Legislation Committee of the SPA.

On the basis of study and discussion of the draft law, the plenum adopted with unanimous approval the decree of the SPA Standing Committee "On the adoption of the Law of the DPRK on Academic Degrees and Titles".

The meeting elected judges and people's assessors of the Supreme Court of the DPRK.