(Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein)
The first meeting for 25 years of North Korean banking and finance officials was held a few weeks ago, Yonhap reported:
The Third National Conference of Financial and Banking Officials held on Sunday at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang was reported by the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and Korean Central TV, monitored in Seoul.
“The conference reviewed successes and experience gained by those in the field of finance and banking in the past,” the KCNA said in an English report carried on Sunday.
The meeting also discussed ways to ensure “the financial guarantee for building a thriving nation,” according to the state media.
In a letter sent to the conference, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un highlighted the important role of the financial sector for national development.
“To improve financial and banking work is an inevitable demand for hastening the building of a thriving nation,” Kim was quoted as saying in the letter. “Reliable financial resources are necessary to build the people’s paradise featured by strong national power and great prosperity.”
Kim also ordered “revolutionary measures for steady development” of the financial system, as well as “fluent circulation of currency.”
It was North Korea’s first meeting of its kind since the last second session was held in September 1990 under the leadership of late leader and North Korean founder Kim II-sung.
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N.Korea hosts 1st bankers’ meeting in 25 yrs
Yonhap News
2015-12-14
