US EditionKim expected to issue major policy goals at North Korea party congress in late February
Kim Jong Un will present a five-year plan focusing on economic self-reliance, military expansion, and closer ties with Russia and China, state media said.
- On Feb. 8, 2026, KCNA announced the Political Bureau adopted a decision to open the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in late February 2026 in Pyongyang.
- The Workers' Party of Korea will hold its third congress under Kim Jong Un after reinstating party congresses following a hiatus of more than 30 years, the first since January 2021.
- Presiding over the meeting, Jo Yong-won, party secretary, the political bureau of the WPK Central Committee approved delegate qualifications, presidium, platform and secretariat composition, and the schedule, while Kim Jong Un clarified principled issues and detailed tasks for the congress.
- Expected to outline key policy moves, the congress will set economy, diplomacy and defence policies and clarify `the next-stage plans for further bolstering up the country's nuclear deterrent`, while a military parade is prepared amid tension over South Korea's nuclear submarines.
- Analysts say the congress shows defiance toward the United States after talks with Donald Trump broke down, while Pyongyang's 2024 mutual-defence treaty with Russia and Ju Ae's role raise succession questions.
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North Korea is preparing to hold a major Workers' Party convention at the end of February, the first since 2021, amid expanding military power, strengthening ties with Russia and China, and heightened tensions with the United States and South Korea.
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