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The 8th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK) was held in Pyongyang on May 25 and 26.

The congress comprehensively analyzed and reviewed the trade union work during the period under review and discussed the tasks and practical ways for fully demonstrating the cohesion of the heroic working class and militant might of the trade unions in carrying out the decisions made at the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK by bringing about a fundamental turn in the trade union work.

Present at the congress were the delegates elected by the trade union organizations at all levels.

Present there as observers were officials of the Party, administration and armed forces organs.

Taking the platform were Ri Il Hwan, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, members of the executive committee of the Central Committee of the GFTUK, chairpersons of the provincial trade union committees, officials doing the trade union work in the armed forces organs and exemplary officials and functionaries of primary organizations of the trade unions and officials concerned.

The congress elected its presidium and secretariat.

The congress approved the following agenda items:

1. Review of the work of the Central Committee of the GFTUK
2. Review of the work of the Central Inspection Commission of the GFTUK
3. On revising the rules of the GFTUK
4. Election of the central leadership organ of the GFTUK