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    North Korea politics revolves around one-party rule, ideological discipline, and Kim Jong Un’s relentless consolidation of power. Daily NK covers party congresses, leadership purges, propaganda campaigns, and succession signals. Our sources inside the country report what state media conceals — and what outside observers cannot see.

    Headquarters of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, decorated with propaganda banners and the North Korean flag.

    North Korea rejects 90% of local party documents in post-congress crackdown

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korea has launched an unprecedented inspection campaign targeting party documents submitted by local Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) organizations following the Ninth Party...
    Kim Ju Ae drives a new-model North Korean tank during a combined arms tactical exercise at Pyongyang's 60th Training Base, March 19, 2026, as Kim Jong Un and military officers look on

    North Korea orders military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army anniversary

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korea's Korean People's Army General Political Bureau (GPB), the military's primary organ for political indoctrination, ordered a series of special lectures across the...
    Kim Jong Un is re-elected as general secretary at the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, Feb. 22, 2026

    N. Korea arrests official for quoting Kim Il Sung in Kim Jong Un session

    Jeong Seo-yeong -
    A provincial party official in North Hamgyong province was seized by National Intelligence Agency (NIS) agents the moment he stepped down from the lectern...
    Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea Congress, Pyongyang, Feb. 19, 2026

    North Korea triples border enforcement as Kim Jong Un ideology campaign intensifies

    Park Hee-soo -
    A wave of mandatory study sessions centered on "Kim Jong Un Thought" has swept Ryanggang province following the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)...
    The Monument to the Party Foundation (조선로동당창건기념탑) in Pyongyang, photographed against a clear blue sky.

    N. Korea orders writers and artists to complete ideological training before April

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korea has ordered all writers and artists to complete an intensive ideological training course by early April, as the regime moves to tighten...
    Kim Ju Ae drives a new-model North Korean tank during a combined arms tactical exercise at Pyongyang's 60th Training Base, March 19, 2026, as Kim Jong Un and military officers look on

    North Koreans speculate on succession as Kim Ju Ae drives tank in state media...

    Lee Chae Eun -
    North Korean state media's recent images of Kim Ju Ae firing rifles, handguns, and now driving a tank have sparked notable reactions inside the...
    The Eighth Plenary Session of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held at the headquarters of the party's Central Committee from Dec. 26 to 30, 2023, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea.

    Ninth Party Congress purge signals sweeping overhaul of provincial party officials

    Eun Seol -
    The sweeping personnel overhaul launched at the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is now pushing into the provinces. The North...
    North Korean voters in traditional hanbok and formal dress arrive at polling station No. 83 for the Supreme People's Assembly 15th-term deputy elections, March 15, 2026.

    North Korean children forced into streets for a week to perform election enthusiasm

    Eun Seol -
    North Korean schoolchildren as young as elementary age were forced to march through neighborhoods waving flowers and singing state songs for a full week...
    North Korean participants gather at a state-organized rally marking the "Day of Opposition and Struggle Against the US Imperialists," June 25, 2022. (KCNA)

    North Korea’s military-civilian solidarity rallies draw public frustration

    Eun Seol -
    North Korea held a military-civilian solidarity rally in the city of Hamhung on March 6, but some people in South Hamgyong province say the...
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours the completed Pyongyang General Hospital, as reported by the Rodong Sinmun on Feb. 28.

    North Korea unveils next-stage public health goals at party congress

    Park Hee-soo -
    North Korea's health ministry used the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea earlier this month to announce an ambitious new phase in...
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