President of the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium Choe Ryong-hae, front row third from left, speaks during the fourth session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, Sunday, the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Monday. Yonhap

By Jung Da-min

North Korea carried out a massive cabinet reshuffle in posts related to economic affairs during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the North's rubber-stamp legislature, Sunday, showing its commitment to, and the urgency for, quick economic recovery, experts said.

The SPA gathered to discuss and announce follow-up measures on the country's new five-year economic plan announced during the Eighth Congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) the previous week, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Monday.

The fourth session of the 14th SPA took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, five days after the eight-day congress ended. President of the SPA Presidium Choe Ryong-hae delivered opening and closing addresses.