Tag: ninth party congress
North Korean journalists trade reporting for ideology drills
North Korea has launched a sweeping ideological campaign targeting its own journalists in October 2026, timed to the 80th anniversary of the Korean Journalists’...
Why is North Korea opening bulgogi restaurants when meat is so...
North Korea has opened a string of state-run bulgogi restaurants across the country since September 2026. The glossy venues offer a striking display of...
Signs point to Kim Jong Un preparing for a Trump-Kim summit
As talk of a possible Trump-Kim summit grows in 2026, shifts in North Korea’s domestic political events suggest Kim Jong Un is quietly preparing...
Kim Jong Un’s party orders chief secretaries to take charge of...
North Korea has ordered its top provincial, city and county party officials to personally lead party school study in 2026. The move tightens Kim...
Why is North Korea’s loyalty language to Kim Jong Un suddenly...
North Korea's Ninth Party Congress in 2026 formally cemented Kim Jong Un's status as the country's supreme and unchallenged leader. Yet a recent destroyer...
North Korea curbs cheap overseas labor dispatch
North Korean authorities have moved to revoke authorization for state agencies and trading companies to send workers abroad, and are also re-evaluating the profitability...
What’s behind North Korea’s coal industry push?
North Korea held the second plenary session of the ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea from June 20 to 22. According...
North Korea mobilizes labor for rice planting even as seedlings lag...
North Korea has ordered a mass mobilization for the rice transplanting season in North Pyongan province even as some farms in the region have...
South Korea is sleepwalking through the North Korean nuclear crisis
With a U.S.-China summit scheduled for mid-May 2026, calls are growing once again to shift the framework for addressing North Korea's nuclear program away...
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...
