{"id":13117,"date":"2026-02-23T00:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13117"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:47:49","slug":"north-koreas-kim-jong-un-re-elected-as-chief-of-workers-party-kim-jong-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13117","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un re-elected as chief of Workers\u2019 Party | Kim Jong Un News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Kim says his party is focused on the tasks of \u2018boosting economic construction and the people\u2019s standard of living\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">3 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 22 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">22 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>\u2060North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as secretary-general of the nation\u2019s Workers\u2019 Party, extending his 15-year rule of the country\u2019s sole governing party.<\/p>\n<p>The election took place on Sunday, the fourth day of the party congress, held every five years, according to the state news agency KCNA. During the event, Central Committee members were also elected, and \u2060some party rules were modified, it \u200csaid without providing details.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Kim has been North Korea\u2019s supreme leader since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011.<br \/>In 2019, North Korea\u2019s legislature approved constitutional changes to make Kim\u2019s power \u201cmonolithic\u201d over all state affairs, formally establishing him as head of state.<\/p>\n<p>During this year\u2019s Workers\u2019 Party Congress, Kim assessed the party\u2019s last five years of work and outlined new strategies and goals for the next five-year period.<\/p>\n<p>\u2060Speaking at the event\u2019s opening session last week, Kim called the last five years a \u201cproud period \u2026 in implementing the socialist cause of our own style\u201d, while acknowledging challenges such as sanctions and \u201cthe global public health crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, our Party is faced with heavy and urgent historic tasks of boosting economic construction and the people\u2019s standard of living and transforming all realms of state and social life as early as possible,\u201d the KCNA quote him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis requires us to wage a more active and persistent struggle without allowing even a moment\u2019s standstill or stagnation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other high-level officials also delivered remarks at the Congress, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Son Hui.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"optimism-and-confidence\">\u2018Optimism and confidence\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>For decades, nuclear weapons and military prowess came before everything else in North Korea, even as food stocks dried up and widespread famine, which Pyongyang denied existed, gripped the nation.<\/p>\n<p>But since assuming power, Kim has also stressed the need to fortify the impoverished nation\u2019s economy, while keeping military might as the top priority,<\/p>\n<p>Kim stated during his opening address that North Korea had overcome its \u201cworst difficulties\u201d in the last five years, and was now entering a new stage of \u201coptimism and confidence in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the congress, Kim held a ceremony unveiling dozens of nuclear-capable rocket launchers, which he hailed as \u201cwonderful\u201d and \u201cattractive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this weapon is used, actually, no force would be able to expect God\u2019s protection,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim says his party is focused on the tasks of \u2018boosting economic construction and the people\u2019s standard of living\u2019. 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