World News N. Korea's Kim gives New Year's address

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Jan. 1 called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently.

Kim's first New Year's speech, delivered on state TV, was peppered with rhetoric, with calls for boosting the military's capabilities and making the science and technology sector world class. But other passages in the speech were also an acknowledgement of the poor state of the country's economy, which has long lagged behind the rest of the region.

North Korea, which has little arable land, is prone to natural disasters and struggles to grow enough food for its 24 million people.

The annual New Year's Day message lays out North Korea's policy goals for the year. (AP)

北朝鮮の金正恩氏が「新年の辞」

北朝鮮の金正恩第１書記は１月１日、今年の施政方針に当たる「新年の辞」を発表した。

Shukan ST: JANUARY 11, 2013

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