North Korea to convene its parliament on June 29, following first congress of ruling party in decades

North Korea will hold a meeting of its national parliament later this month, the North’s state media reported on Thursday, following up on the first congress of its ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years.

The Supreme People’s Assembly, which is the legislative branch of the North Korean government, is to convene on June 29, according to a report in the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

The assembly is expected to approve and follow up on decisions taken at last month’s party congress.

The congress was a major political event that provided a high-profile forum for leader Kim Jong-un to lay out his priorities – mainly vows to keep developing nuclear weapons while strengthening its economy – and announce some shuffling within the top tier of his regime’s leadership.

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The assembly generally convenes in April, but a smaller session was held in late March this year prior to the party congress. Although the full assembly, made up of hundreds of deputies from around the country, is technically the highest organ of government, its function is primarily to endorse decisions passed down to it by the party and military leadership, rather than formulate and propose legislation of its own. Thursday’s announcement did not say how long the meeting would be, nor give any details about its agenda.