‘7,000 No Mask’ North Korean Party Congress… The second line, Kim Yeo-jung, is it the first line?

Held in Pyongyang after 5 years, seated closely without vacancy
“Attendees seem to have been self-isolation and inspection since last month”
Reinforcing the status of Kim Yeo-jung and paying attention to messages to South and the United States

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① Massive replacement of the executive department

According to North Korea’s reports on the 6th, the executive department of the 8th Labor Party Congress, which began on the 5th, has been largely replaced. According to the Labor Newspaper, there are 39 members of the party congress, including Chairman Kim.

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North Korea opened the 8th Congress of the Labor Party on the 5th. High-ranking North Korean Labor Party executives sit in a meeting with the presidential team at the 4.25 Cultural Center in Pyongyang. [뉴스1]

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Although the number of executives was the same as at the 7th Party Congress in 2016, 29 executives (74.4%) were replaced compared to five years ago. Ten members, including Chairman Kim, Yong-hae Choi, Standing Chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Vice Chairman Lee Byeong-cheol, and Prime Minister Kim Deok-hoon, remained in the executive branch, but all of them have changed their positions and, in fact, turned into new figures. In particular, it is noteworthy that the number of military units has decreased and the number of women has increased significantly compared to five years ago.

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A government official said, “At the 7th Party Congress, the number of military personnel was 719, but this time it was reduced by half to 408, while the number of representatives from the administrative and economic sector increased from 423 (7th) to 801. ) From 501, accounting for 10% of the total.” Chairman Kim, who “declared” the completion of nuclear weapons in December 2017, focuses on economic recovery in the future, and the reorganization and advancement of the first vice-president of his younger sister Kim Yeo-jung are expected, giving a glimpse of his will to give preference to women.

② Will the second line appear as the first line? = The seat of the first vice-president of the party, Kim Yeo-jeong, is about halfway through the second line of the commentary prepared at the party conference hall. Considering the fact that the party’s Political Bureau standing committee members and members sit in the first row, which is immediately behind Chairman Kim, it is an evaluation that shows that Yeo-jeong Kim’s movement in the first row is not far away.

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The executives who attended the 8th Congress of the Labor Party, which opened in Pyongyang on the 5th, are holding their representatives in favor of the agenda. Labor Party First Vice President Kim Yeo-jeong sits in the middle of the second row (third from the right of the photo). [뉴스1]

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As North Korea includes the election of the central guidance agency (appointment of executives) in the agenda of the meeting, it is noteworthy whether Kim Yeo-jeong will be promoted from a candidate for the political office to a member. The National Intelligence Service predicted that “there is a possibility that Kim Yeo-jeong will take on a position that is appropriate for his status” at the state affairs audit on November 3 of last year.

③ Providing a message to South Korea and the United States = On the 5th, the first day of the party conference, Chairman Kim said, “We will raise important issues in advancing the cause of national reunification and external relations and strengthening and developing our business.”

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North Korean State Council Chairman Kim Jong-un giving an opening remark at the 8th Labor Party Congress [뉴스1]

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North Korea revealed its routes with South Korea and foreign relations at each party conference, but this time it also announced that there is’something’. At the 7th Party Congress five years ago, Chairman Kim said, “We must break down the barriers of division and open the grand passage for reunification of our country as soon as possible” or “We must unify the country in our generation.” He also said, “We must open a new chapter in the development of foreign relations in accordance with the status of a nuclear power country.” The starting point of North Korea’s successive test firing of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)-class missiles in 2017 and declaring the completion of nuclear weapons was the 7th Party Congress in 2016.

④“Economy, all goals are very short”= Chairman Kim pointed out that “the goal of economic development was very short” at the opening speech of the party conference. It is a kind of’failure confession’ of failing to carry out the’five-year strategy for national economic development’ proposed in 2016. Chairman Kim has emphasized self-reliance since he took office.

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– In addition, sanctions on North Korea were lifted through negotiations on denuclearization with the United States, but this was also frustrated when the 2nd North Korea-U.S. Summit (Hanoi, Vietnam) broke down in February 2019. Chairman Kim said that denuclearization negotiations with the United States will be a long-term war at the end of 2019. As such, there is a high possibility of emphasizing the provision of self-reliance through self-reliance.

Reporter Jeong Yong-soo [email protected]



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