{"id":323744,"date":"2026-04-03T23:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=323744"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:44:44","slug":"n-korea-arrests-official-for-quoting-kim-il-sung-in-kim-jong-un-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-arrests-official-for-quoting-kim-il-sung-in-kim-jong-un-session\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea arrests official for quoting Kim Il Sung in Kim Jong Un session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A provincial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-un-orders-propaganda-overhaul-on-partys-80th-anniversary\/\">party<\/a> official in North Hamgyong province was seized by National Intelligence Agency (NIS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-agents-punished-russia-corruption\/\">agents<\/a> the moment he stepped down from the lectern at a political lecture session last month, after accidentally mixing quotes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/elderly-n-koreans-long-for-kim-jong-il-era-as-markets-wither-and-smuggling-ends\/\">Kim Il Sung<\/a> into a presentation intended to promote the distinct ideological legacy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-forces-citizens-watch-kim-propaganda-repeat\/\">Kim Jong Un<\/a>, Daily NK has learned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The NIS is North Korea&#8217;s primary political <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-police-ordered-hit-streets-daily\/\">police<\/a> agency, responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/pyongyang-intensifies-monitoring-written-pledges-informants\/\">monitoring<\/a> ideological compliance among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-trade-officials-face-political-pressure-to-boost-performance\/\">officials<\/a> and the general public. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-uns-china-visit-yields-new-front-in-north-koreas-sanctions-evasion-campaign\/\">It<\/a> was renamed from the Ministry of State Security following the Ninth Workers&#8217; Party of Korea (WPK) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/why-north-koreas-december-plenary-meeting-matters-for-the-ninth-party-congress\/\">Congress<\/a> in February 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province reported Thursday that the incident occurred in mid-March during a lecture session held in Chongjin city. The official, attached to the provincial party committee, had been explaining what the state describes as the independent and distinctive character of Kim Jong Un&#8217;s ideology when he mistakenly incorporated instructions associated with Kim Il Sung. He was detained by agents present in the room as soon as the lecture ended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>A deliberate public example<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Word of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-arrests-woman-for-leaking-information-to-south\/\">arrest<\/a> spread quickly within provincial party circles, along with an unofficial explanation of why it was handled so conspicuously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;The word going around inside the provincial party is that the arrest was carried out deliberately and publicly to make an example,&#8221; the source said, &#8220;to show that anyone who damages the authority of General Secretary Kim Jong Un will not be forgiven regardless of their rank or position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A second line of reasoning also circulated. &#8220;In the past, it was Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il whose names appeared at the head of documents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/sinuiju-launches-anti-south-korean-lectures-after-lee-jae-myungs-u-s-visit\/\">lectures<\/a>,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Now, General Secretary Kim Jong Un&#8217;s name is the one being emphasized as singularly dominant across everything. Mixing in the previous leaders&#8217; instructions was seen as a refusal to accept that shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>A campaign to establish Kim Jong Un&#8217;s ideological independence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The incident reflects the intense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-abruptly-recalls-trade-representatives-china-replaces-some-new-officials\/\">pressure<\/a> that has accompanied a sweeping ideological <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-koreas-decade-long-reforestation-campaign-falls-short-of-ambitious-goals\/\">campaign<\/a> launched following the Ninth WPK Congress, which elevated Kim Jong Un&#8217;s personal ideology as a distinct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-criminal-justice-reform-control-under-cover\/\">system<\/a> of thought separate from the legacy of his predecessors. North Korea&#8217;s ideological tradition had long framed Kim Jong Un&#8217;s thinking as the continuation and development of &#8220;Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism,&#8221; the combined ideological framework of the two previous leaders. The current campaign treats Kim Jong Un&#8217;s thought as independently supreme, a shift that has created new pitfalls for officials accustomed to decades of standard formulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The public nature of the detention in front of fellow officials appears to have been an intentional enforcement signal, reinforcing that the new ideological hierarchy is to be applied with precision and that errors, even those that appear inadvertent, carry serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> This article has been updated to reflect that the agency referred to as the State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/china-steps-in-as-us-pulls-back-from-north-korea\/\">Information<\/a> Bureau is more accurately translated as the National Intelligence Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20260402-2\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- Daily NK \u2014 A Note to Readers \u2014 End of Article Pattern -->\n<div style=\"background:#1a1a1a;border-top:3px solid #cc0000;padding:0;margin-top:32px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">\n  <div style=\"padding:20px 24px 24px;\">\n\n    <!-- Header row -->\n    <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:14px;\">\n      <span style=\"background:#cc0000;color:#fff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:3px 8px;flex-shrink:0;\">A Note to Readers<\/span>\n      <div style=\"flex:1;height:1px;background:#333;\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Intro line -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:15px;color:#fff;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 12px;\">Reporting from inside North Korea<\/p>\n\n    <!-- Body -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px;color:#bbb;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 16px;\">\n      Daily NK operates networks of sources inside North Korea who document events in real-time and transmit information through secure channels. 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