North Korea leader claims 'great success' with recent nuclear and rocket tests

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Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Friday that "unprecedented results have been accomplished" with the "great success" of its January test of a nuclear weapon and February rocket launch of a satellite into space.

Kim, wearing a dark western-style suit and grey tie, made the remarks at the opening of the seventh Workers' Party congress in Pyongyang, according to North Korea's state television KRT. 

(Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Mike Collett-White)

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