Tag: ninth party congress
Kusong’s hidden nuclear complex: What satellite imagery reveals
Satellite imagery of two sites in Kusong, North Pyongan province, captured in early 2026, shows recent changes at facilities linked to suspected nuclear weapons...
North Korea demands identity checks on Chinese trading partners in bid...
North Korea has ordered trade officials to submit detailed personal information on their Chinese business partners as part of a sweeping post-congress crackdown on...
North Korea’s donju go dark as post-congress crackdown spreads fear
North Korean donju — the wealthy private traders who form the backbone of the country's informal market economy — are going dark. Amid a...
Pyongyang tells Kangwon province: use science and talent to hit second-quarter...
North Korea's central party authorities have issued a directive to the Kangwon province party committee ordering officials to use science, technology, and talent development...
Overburdened North Korea teachers say profession has lost its appeal amid...
Teachers at a middle school in Chongjin have been ordered to produce teaching aids outside their subject areas ahead of a citywide instructional materials...
Central party inspection teams descend on Sinuiju factories, rattling local officials
North Korea has dispatched central party inspection teams to major factories in Sinuiju, the capital of North Pyongan province, in a sweeping audit of...
North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification
North Korea has intensified its ideological crackdown following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), with the WPK Secretariat ordering security...
North Korea orders diplomats to lock in nuclear status, pursue multipolar...
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) issued a classified directive to senior foreign ministry officials in early April 2026 ordering them to...
Kim Jong Un sidelines his predecessors in sweeping cult of personality...
North Korea has launched an intensified cult of personality campaign around leader Kim Jong Un following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of...
South Korea’s rushed embrace of Kim Jong Un’s ‘two-state theory’ is...
North Korea's Kim Jong Un first introduced the concept of two hostile states in late 2023, framing South Korea as the country's foremost enemy....
