World of Stagecraft — North Korea Edition

For the Record
KCNA / Reuters

For the Record
The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official (and only) state-run news service, has begun releasing photographs from the Conference of the Workers' Party assembly in Pyongyang. The Big News: On the opening day of the conference, Kim Jong-il was re-elected general secretary of the workers party.

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