{"id":1361398,"date":"2026-02-23T11:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kim-jong-un-re-elected-as-general-secretary-of-the-workers-party-of-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:35:54","slug":"kim-jong-un-re-elected-as-general-secretary-of-the-workers-party-of-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/kim-jong-un-re-elected-as-general-secretary-of-the-workers-party-of-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong-un re-elected as General Secretary of the Workers&#8217; Party of Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Pyongyang, delegates to the 9th Congress of the Workers&#8217; Party of Korea re-elected the leader of the party and country, Kim Jong-un, as General Secretary for the next 5-year term. The decision was made unanimously.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/kcna.kp\/en\/article\/q\/7e1b7635e7ee36c8603a7276e024eb1c.kcmsf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCNA<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> The report notes that the congress unanimously supported Kim Jong-un&#8217;s candidacy.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The Ninth Congress of the WPK unanimously adopted a decision to elect Comrade Kim Jong Un as General Secretary of the WPK, reflecting the will and desire of all delegates, party members, the people, and servicemen of the People&#8217;s Army,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p> According to the agency, nearly 5,000 delegates expressed full support for Kim Jong-un as party and state leader. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1361380 \" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-2048x1358.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-22T221351Z_1727162114_RC29RJAHZQB6_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-650x431.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The congress also elected the central committee of the Workers&#8217; Party of Korea and other governing bodies of the ruling party. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1361377 \" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T223112Z_1740977449_RC29PJARH43Q_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> President of the People&#8217;s Republic of China Xi Jinping congratulated Kim Jong-un on his re-election and promised to further strengthen strategic cooperation with the &#8220;friendly socialist neighbor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Other decisions of the congress, in particular regarding the directions of economic development, the security sector, and foreign policy for the next 5 years, are not yet reported.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kim-chen-yn-aktyvno-hotuie-svoiu-donku-do-roli-nastupnytsi-shcho-vidomo\/\">North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been reported to be strengthening the position of his daughter Kim Ju-ae as a potential successor<\/a> . According to South Korean intelligence, she is increasingly participating in public events and may be involved in policymaking.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Pyongyang, delegates to the 9th Congress of the Workers&#8217; Party of Korea re-elected the leader of the party and country, Kim Jong-un, as General Secretary for the next 5-year term. The decision was made unanimously. This was reported by KCNA . The report notes that the congress unanimously supported Kim Jong-un&#8217;s candidacy. &#8220;The Ninth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1361383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1361398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1361383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}