North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set a goal to ‌carry out large-scale construction projects this year, including industrial factories in 20 regions simultaneously, state ⁠media KCNA said, as the country gears up for a key party congress. North Korea is preparing to hold the Ninth ​Party Congress of the ruling Workers' Party, to convene ‍soon to set major policy goals. "Public health ‍facilities and leisure complexes, together with regional industry factories, will be ​built in 20 regions of the country ... Kim said the regional standard of living is a hallmark showing North Korea's development. KCNA said a ⁠conference of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party ⁠of Korea ‌on Wednesday elected delegates to be sent to the Ninth Congress, without naming the date ⁠of the Congress.