{"id":324283,"date":"2026-04-29T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=324283"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:34:18","slug":"north-korea-ninth-party-congress-science-technology-kangwon-province-q2-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-ninth-party-congress-science-technology-kangwon-province-q2-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyongyang tells Kangwon province: use science and talent to hit second-quarter targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">North Korea&#8217;s central party authorities have issued a directive to the Kangwon province party committee ordering officials to use science, technology, and talent development to drive progress on 12 key state projects during the second quarter of 2026, a Daily NK source in Kangwon province said on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The Ninth Party Congress, which convened in January 2026, set out a new five-year economic plan and restructured North Korea&#8217;s governance framework. The congress designated 12 priority projects as the core benchmarks against which provincial and local officials are now being evaluated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">According to the source, the directive was received by the Kangwon province party committee on April 12 under the title: &#8220;Vanguards in the resolute implementation of the Ninth Party Congress decisions \u2014 open a breakthrough on the 12 key projects in the second quarter through the power of ideology.&#8221; The document frames the second quarter as the first practical test of the five-year plan adopted at the congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The directive&#8217;s central argument is that the less material and financial resources are available, the more officials must mobilize what it calls &#8220;inexhaustible resources&#8221; \u2014 science, technology, and human talent. Party cadres are instructed to treat the congress&#8217;s decisions as a supreme command and to make those projects the focus of all second-quarter work.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Intelligent factories and scientific farming<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Among the priority areas identified in the directive are the Local Development 20&#215;10 Policy and rural modernization. The Local Development 20&#215;10 Policy is a flagship initiative launched by Kim Jong Un in 2024 calling for the construction of modern factories in 20 counties per year over 10 years, with the goal of raising living standards outside Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">On the industrial side, the central authorities have specifically called for pilot implementation of &#8220;intelligent production systems&#8221; in factories at every province, city, and county level. On the agricultural side, officials are instructed to adopt scientific farming methods designed to account for changing weather and climate conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The directive also addresses education, requiring all teacher competency assessments to be completed within the second quarter as a foundation for developing the scientific and technical talent the state says it needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The source said central party emissaries have been dispatched directly to province, city, and county party committees to monitor compliance, creating an atmosphere of heightened tension on the ground. Party cadres reportedly describe the pace of directives since the congress as a &#8220;breathless speed battle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">One Kangwon province party official was quoted as saying: &#8220;It feels like we&#8217;re on our first real test since the party congress. The center tells us to get it done no matter what, but everywhere we go there are shortages and obstacles. We run around on two feet but results don&#8217;t show, and we don&#8217;t know whether those above us will ever be satisfied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The source said a pervasive sense of crisis has taken hold among party cadres, with many saying that any failure to deliver results would cost them their positions. 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