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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Publicly Fires Vice Premier
Kim Jong Un blamed Vice Premier Yang Sung-ho for causing 60 issues and economic losses in a modernization project, using the dismissal to enforce discipline before the Workers' Party congress.
- On Jan. 19, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly dismissed Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho at the Ryongsong Machine Complex inauguration, a rare on-site sacking reported by state media.
- Kim blamed the project failures on `unnecessary man-made confusion` and said authorities wasted large amounts of funds and labor, prompting a group of experts to review around 60 problems.
- Yang, who previously led the machinery ministry, is a vice premier and Politburo alternate member overseeing the Ryongsong Machine Complex, promoted under the Workers' Party of Korea's 2021 machine-building plan.
- The sacking signals efforts to tighten discipline ahead of the Workers' Party congress as Kim Jong Un aims to curb defeatism among economic officials and set new modernization goals.
- Viewed against the 3.7, North Korea's economy faces challenges despite recent growth, as Kim Jong Un pushes reforms ahead of the upcoming Workers' Party congress.
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