![Kim Jong Un at the fourth plenary session (plenum) of the 7th Term Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee [CC] held on April 10, 2019 constitution](https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/제7기-제4차-전원회의-218x150.jpg "What we know – and what we don’t – about Kim Jong Un’s absence")
Tag: Samjiyon
Source: Rumors suggest that KJU recently stayed in Samjiyon
The Supreme Guard Command recently intensified control over a road used exclusively by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province, and...
Samjiyon Market closed as rumors fly about Kim Jong Un visit
Samjiyon Market was abruptly shut down yesterday in what may be part of preparations for a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
The rise of the technocrats: Kim Yong Hwan and Ri Tae...
The recent appointment of two Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) officials to senior posts in Pyongyang and Ryanggang Province is directly connected to important...
N. Korea increases production of glass panels
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently gave orders to glass factories to increase production as part of efforts to ensure a steady supply...
Ryanggang Province’s top party official replaced due to old age
The chief secretary of Ryanggang Province's Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) committee was recently replaced in what some view as part of North Korean...
N. Korean sentenced to two years in labor camp for assault
A woman in her 40s was sentenced to two years in a labor camp after assaulting a teenage girl who she suspected was having...
Alleged leaker of Kim Jong Un’s whereabouts executed
An alleged leaker of information about Kim Jong Un's visit to Samjiyon last October was executed in Pyongyang in late December, Daily NK has...
Group wedding held for injured Samjiyon construction workers
On Dec. 21, 20 male members of North Korea's "Storm Trooper" units who were injured during construction work in Samjiyon were married to women...
N. Korean soldiers increasingly strained by construction projects
Soldiers in the Korean People’s Army (KPA) have taken an increasing role in large-scale construction projects pursued as part of North Korea's "five-year strategy...
Daily NK snapshots from North Korea
Daily NK Snapshots are synopses of select articles from our Korean website. Snapshots provide a window into the Daily NK’s reporting—domestic news items that...
