Seoul, March 5 (TIWN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged officials across the country to improve work of the city and county party committees, the state-media reported on Friday.

In the report, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim as saying that the overall work of the Party and the state can go well and the overall development of socialism can be promoted only when the city and county Party committees across the country fulfil their missions and role.     

The course, a kind of workshop for local officials which began on Wednesday, was held to discuss ways to implement goals put forth during a party congress in January, Xinhua news agency reported.  Kim set forth important tasks and ways of enhancing the role of chief secretaries in intensifying the Party work and developing cities and counties by under-scoring the need to direct efforts into the Party's internal work to firmly cement the revolutionary position and class position, the KCNA report said.