Kim Jong Un orders officials to make COVID-19 policy 'top priority'
Kim Jong Un said anti-epidemic measures against the novel coronavirus are to be North Korea's No. 1 priority "again this year."
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Kim Jong Un said anti-epidemic measures against the novel coronavirus are to be North Korea's No. 1 priority "again this year."
Kim Jong Un fires top economic affairs official, one month after appointing him Kim Jong Un replaced the top economic affairs director just one month after appointing him in the post after the party plenary committee meeting Kim Jong Un Memes Flood Social Media North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fired the director of Economic Affairs Council, within a month after his appointment, citing failure to come up with a solution to salvage the country's battered economy amid sanctions and pandemic closure. He accused the top aides for drafting plans with "no big changes" from previous ones which had "...
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri named politburo member Posted : 2021-02-12 14:43 North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son-gwon. Yonhap North Korean Foreign Minster Ri Son-gwon has been elected a member of the powerful politburo of the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported Friday. Ri was by-elected as a politburo member during a four-day plenary meeting of the party's eighth Central Committee that wrapped up on Thursday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim Song-nam, another ranking party official, was also named an alternate member of the politburo, while O Su-yong wa...
Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in the report that Ri was elected during a four-day plenary meeting of the party's eighth Central Committee that concluded on Thursday.Mean
North Korea: Why VP Kamala Harris Should Meet With Kim Yo-Jong Vice President Kamala Harris should be given full authority to sit down and negotiate with her counterpart, Kim Yo-jong, the de facto number two in the North Korean power hierarchy. The North Korean leadership seems to still believe the panacea for its security dilemmas is its nuclear arsenal, the “dagger with ten thousand uses.” Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons ensure that the world’s only superpower cannot seriously consider military options and give Pyongyang a military edge over its much richer southern neighbor in the ar...