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This picture taken on Jan 8, 2021 and released from Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan 9, 2021 shows Kim Jong-un speaking during the fourth day of 8th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. - AFP
PYONGYANG (Xinhua): The Democratic People s Republic of Korea has endorsed its top leader Kim Jong-un as the general secretary of the ruling Workers Party of Korea at its eighth party congress, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday (Jan 11). The eighth congress. decides to hold Kim Jong-un in high esteem as the general secretary of the Workers Party Korea, the report said.
North Korea crowns leader Kim Jong-un as party s general secretary
Posted : 2021-01-11 10:46
Updated : 2021-01-11 10:46
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at the congress of the ruling Workers Party in Pyongyang on Sunday, state media reported Monday. Yonhap
North Korea has endorsed leader Kim Jong-un as the general secretary of the ruling Workers Party at its ongoing congress, state media said Monday, in an apparent move to tighten his grip on power.
The election took place at the sixth-day session of the party s eighth congress in Pyongyang on Sunday, following the North s revision of party rules to reinstate the secretariat system that was scrapped in 2016, according to the North s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
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Seoul, Jan 11 (efe-epa).- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been appointed general secretary of the Workers’ Party during the congress being held in Pyongyang, the state news agency KCNA reported Monday.
The appointment was made on the sixth day of the event on Sunday when the general secretariat, which was eliminated during the last congress in May 2016, and in which Kim was appointed president of the Workers’ Party, was restored.
The leader’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, was not included in the list of alternate members of the party’s political bureau.
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North Korea s current leader Kim Jong Un paid his respects to former leader Kim Jong Il, on the ninth anniversary of Kim Jong Il s death, state media reported.
The young Kim made a routine visit to the giant building where Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung lie in state.
North Korean state news agency KCNA released one photo of the event, showing Kim Jong Un flanked by the senior officials who appear together with him at important events.