N. Korea's largest labor group holds 1st congress in 5 years

North Korea's largest group of workers has held its first congress in five years to elect a new leadership and called for efforts to implement the country's five-year economic development plan, state media reported Wednesday. The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, affiliated with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), held its ninth congress Monday to Tuesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The workers' group is one of the four largest labor organizations under the guidance of the WPK and is mainly aimed at instilling party ideology in the people. At the latest congress, the labor group elected a new leadership and discussed the amendment of the organization's rules and other issues, the KCNA said. The gathering came after North Korea held a key party congress in February to set major policy directions on the military, the economy and other fields for the next five years. Ri Won-jong was elected chairman of the labor group's central committee. Ri was named an alternate member of the WPK central committee in a personnel reshuffle held at the party congress

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