North Korea Party Congress(01 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, applauds upon his arrival for the party congress as party representatives applaud in the foreground in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea\'s ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian country\'s first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(02 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds as he arrives at the start of the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea\'s ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian country\'s first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX North Korea Party Congress(03 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(04 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(05 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(06 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for the party congress while party representatives applaud in the foreground in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(07 of21)
Open Image ModalThe interior of the convention hall where the party congress takes place is seen on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(08 of21)
Open Image ModalParty representatives sit in the hall of the April 25 House of Culture during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(09 of21)
Open Image ModalParty representatives sit in the hall of the April 25 House of Culture during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(10 of21)
Open Image ModalParty representatives applaud during a speech the party congress held in the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(11 of21)
Open Image ModalParty representatives sit in the hall of the April 25 House of Culture during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea\'s ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim Jong Un, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian country\'s first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(12 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, acknowledges applause from senior leaders and party representatives upon his arrival for the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea\'s ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian country\'s first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(13 of21)
Open Image ModalThe portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il hang inside the convention hall of the April 25 House of Culture where the party congress is held in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Koreaâs ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim Jong Un, center, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian countryâs first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(14 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers\' Party gets global attention. Four days into the event, they allowed a small number of foreign journalists into the convention hall where the congress was taking place. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NORTHKOREA-CONGRESS/(15 of21)
Open Image ModalNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-Un speaks during the first congress of the country\'s ruling Workers\' Party in 36 years, in this photo released by North Korea\'s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang May 8, 2016. KCNA/via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. (credit:KCNA KCNA / Reuters)
NORTHKOREA-CONGRESS/(16 of21)
Open Image ModalForeign reporters and their government guides follow, in newspapers and broadcasted on television, the address by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) congress, at a hotel in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
NORTHKOREA-CONGRESS/(17 of21)
Open Image ModalForeign reporters and their government guides follow the address by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) congress, at a hotel in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
North Korea Party Congress The Benched Press(18 of21)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo, foreign journalists photograph the April 25 House of Culture, the venue for the 7th Congress of the Workers\' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure the 7th Congress of its ruling party gets global attention, but has only allowed the trusted state-run media inside. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress The Benched Press(19 of21)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this May 7, 2016, file photo, foreign journalists watch a broadcast of the second day of the 7th Congress of the Workers\' Party of Korea on local television in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea brought in more than 100 journalists from around the world to make sure the 7th Congress of its ruling party gets global attention, but has only allowed the trusted state-run media inside. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
View Of North Korea(20 of21)
Open Image ModalPYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - MAY 8: A Korean government media official for foreign press (C), tells journalists that they are headed back to the hotel after waiting for reasons unknown at the People\'s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 8, 2016. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
View Of North Korea(21 of21)
Open Image ModalPYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - MAY 8: Members of the foreign press wait at their hotel for an announcement today by the Korean Government or ruler Kim Jong Un but so far, they have only rebroadcast yesterday\'s speech in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 8, 2016. Earlier in the day, the foreign press was taken to the People\'s Palace of Culture for reasons unknown. Then, were told to return to their hotel. The Workers\' Party is currently holding the seventh congress in the country\'s history which hasn\'t been done for nearly 40 years. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)