Tag: party officials
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 rejects 90% of local party documents in post-congress crackdown
North Korea has launched an unprecedented inspection campaign targeting party documents submitted by local Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) organizations following the Ninth Party...
North Korea orders military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army...
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...
Ninth Party Congress purge signals sweeping overhaul of provincial party officials
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 Korea propaganda truck breaks down during morning rush hour in...
With propaganda campaigns more active than ever throughout North Korea ahead of the Ninth Party Congress, the driver of a loudspeaker truck in Haeju,...
Chinese manufacturers SANY, XCMG and SDLG supply bulldozers and cranes for...
North Korea has equipped military construction units with heavy construction equipment needed for building factories in the countryside as part of Kim Jong Un's...
Self-reliance campaign forces vendors away from markets during crucial winter selling...
As business slows to a trickle at North Korea's informal marketplaces, North Koreans are complaining about being constantly called up for mandatory community service...
N. Korea hosts lavish retiree celebrations for party anniversary
North Korea celebrated meritorious retirees at welfare centers nationwide in an unprecedentedly grand event marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, a...
N. Korean shipyard workers forced into unpaid overtime
Workers at Sinpo Shipyard have been forced to work unpaid overtime to "boost their sense of responsibility." This follows North Korea's failed destroyer launch...
N. Korea’s elite party school emphasizes practical training on 78th anniversary
North Korea's Workers' Party Central Cadres Training School, which trains core party officials, marked its 78th anniversary June 1 by calling for strengthened faculty...
