Kim Jong Un says economy is on ‘upturn’ as Russian ties deepen

Leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea’s economy is on a “clear upturn” as his state claimed a successful test of a new tactical ballistic missile that could be sent to Russia in exchange for aid to help his regime.

During a major meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim said the country’s “political and economic potentials are rapidly growing stronger,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday. The four-day meeting wrapped up in Pyongyang a day earlier as North Korea shot off two suspected ballistic missiles, in the second such weapons test in less than a week.

Source: Bloomberg