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Kim Jong-un’s new title challenges his father’s legacy, says expert On Monday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the 8th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea held in Pyongyang had unanimously decided to elect Kim Jong-un General Secretary of the party People walking by a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un © AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon SEOUL, January 11. /TASS/. Kim Jong-un’s decision to become General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea may b...

Just hours after North Korea announced Kim Jong Un’s rise to general secretary of the country’s ruling party, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly sent a congratulatory message to the DPRK leader. China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday that Xi offered his “warm congratulations” and said that “China and the DPRK are friendly socialist neighbors linked […]

Kim Jong Un is emerging out of the Eighth Party Congress with a report that hints at little change from where the country was a year ago. Nevertheless, the information unveiled by the Rodong Sinmun gives us some indication of where economic policy and planning is headed — and the signs are far from encouraging […]

The conflicts surrounding nuclear arms in North Korea can potentially turn into world war 3 if not resolved or kept in check. An expert has now warned that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un may have called for the increased development of massive nuclear weapons. According to Fletcher School Korea watcher Sung-Yoon Lee, North Korea does not plan on denuclearizing any time soon, and that leader Kim Jong-Un has called for the nation to produce more nuclear bombs that are lighter and smaller. This i...

Kim Jong Uns Goal: Enhance Nuclear Preemptive and Retaliatory Strike Capabilities Newsweek 1/9/2021 Tom OConnor © Korean Central News Agency North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un presides over the fourth session of the Korean Workers Party 8th Party Congress on January 9. North Korea announced it is looking to develop new and advanced nuclear weapons of miniature and massive sizes, and wants to upgrade its nuclear arsenal. But it also said it wants better ties with the ou...

Kim Jong-un reportedly proposed "comprehensively expanding and developing the external relations" of North Korea.

With just a few days left before President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take the White House, North Korea released a series of hostile remarks that suggest Kim Jong Un is not ruling out future negotiations, but wants Washington to learn from President Donald Trump’s biggest mistakes. On Saturday, state media reported that North Korean […]

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's official newspaper on Friday urged the people to keep their guard up against the coronavirus pandemic as a rare party congress is under way in Pyongyang with thousands of delegates gathering to join the largest political event. The eighth congress of the ruling Workers' Party, the first of its kind in nearly five years, has been held since Tuesday to determine the country's policy directions for the...

KCNA/via REUTERS As North Korea’s ruling Korean Workers’ Party held its congress this week, residents of the impoverished country reacted cynically, saying that nothing that could be decided during the rare political meeting could improve their lives, sources in the country told RFA. The eighth party congress opened Tuesday, with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un admitting in a speech that the country “fell a long way short of the set objectives” of the five-year economic...

ABCDEFG SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ N. Korea likely to open rare party congress this week SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is expected to open a rare party congress this week, with its opening possibly taking place as early as Monday, observers said, amid expectations that the North is to unveil its economic scheme and policy directions on the United States and South Korea. North Korea has said that it wil...