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North Korea Holds First Party Congress in Decades

06/05/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, North Korea Holds First Party Congress in Decades

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(Photo: Delegates applaud during the congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Credit: KRT via AP)

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