Tag: ninth party congress
Kim Jong Un’s ideology supplants founding doctrine after ninth party congress
North Korea's state media has stopped referencing "Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism," the ideological framework underpinning the Kim dynasty for decades, following the ninth congress of the Workers'...
Pyongyang’s post-congress economic push hits raw material wall in Ryanggang
As North Korea's Ninth Party Congress wrapped up with a renewed emphasis on local development, the cabinet issued its first concrete implementing directive on...
The Ninth Party Congress aftermath: What Kim Jong Un’s era really...
North Korea's five-yearly marquee political event, the Ninth WPK Party Congress (Feb. 19-25), has now concluded. Since December of last year, this writer has...
North Korea touts uniform success at Ninth Party Congress, but factory...
North Korea is celebrating the nationwide supply of school uniforms as one of its crowning socialist achievements, but factory workers tasked with producing those...
North Korea restricts shampoo, stationery and snack imports as localization drive...
North Korea is tightening import controls on detergents, soap and stationery as part of a broader push to promote domestic consumer goods, following the...
North Korea eyes slice of Russian market long dominated by China
North Korea's ruling party instructed the cabinet's Ministry of External Economic Relations in early February to pursue a new strategy aimed at securing a...
Timing is everything: North Korea’s winter soldiers feel lucky in February
North Korean soldiers undergoing the final month of the country's annual winter military exercises in February 2025 are expressing relief and excitement, saying they...
N. Korea freezes investigations ahead of party congress
North Korea's Ministry of State Security suspended all investigations and custodial proceedings on Feb. 8, ordering provincial bureaus onto emergency footing ahead of the...
N. Korean university holds anti-South Korea lecture ahead of party congress
A North Korean university in Wonsan, Kangwon province, held a mandatory ideological lecture on Feb. 1 instructing faculty and students to view South Korea...
North Korea halts state smuggling ahead of party congress
North Korean authorities suspended state smuggling across North Pyongan, North Hamgyong and Jagang provinces in early February, ahead of the Ninth Party Congress scheduled...
