Overview
- Delegates re-elected Kim Jong Un as general secretary on the fourth day of the Ninth Workers’ Party Congress, according to KCNA.
- The congress adopted revisions to party rules, though state media did not disclose the specific changes.
- A reshuffled Central Committee roster indicated a generational shift, with veteran figures such as Choe Ryong-hae absent from the new list.
- Kim Yo Jong was promoted to alternate member of the Political Bureau and listed among newly appointed department directors, raising her formal standing.
- Official coverage credited major gains in nuclear-based “war deterrence” as Kim also pledged to stabilize and develop the economy over the next five years, with minimal direct messaging toward the United States and South Korea.