The eighth Plenary session of the eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea closed on 19 June. According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on 19 June, the Workers' Party of Korea held the eighth plenary session of the eighth Central Committee from 16 to 18. The meeting summarized the implementation of major policies this year and discussed a series of major policy issues that should be implemented in the second half of the year. Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Committee of the DPRK, attended the meeting. The report said: on the economic front, the report of the meeting emphasized the improvement of agricultural productivity to achieve food self-sufficiency; in terms of national defense, it stressed the need for the DPRK to strengthen its self-defense forces in the current security environment on the peninsula. The report said that the development of military reconnaissance satellites is of great significance to the development prospects of the DPRK armed forces and to do a good job in combat preparedness.