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Kim Jong Un outlined new military goals and next-stage nuclear deterrent plans at the political congress held every five years, amid ongoing sanctions and international scrutiny.

  • The WPK's Ninth Congress opened in Pyongyang yesterday with Kim Jong Un speaking, as reported by Korean Central News Agency, outlining nuclear and national priorities.
  • Late last month, a missile test signalled the build-up whose plans Kim said the congress would clarify, amid ongoing nuclear development and Western sanctions.
  • Pyongyang's past processions have displayed the regime's newest and most potent weapons, while Kim was accompanied at recent weapons tests by Ju Ae, his daughter and likely successor.
  • Kim framed his country's external status as irreversibly changed, saying it had also solidified its status externally, while his appearance with China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin last year underscores elevated ties.
  • Observers and satellite imagery analysts will closely monitor military parades for signs of shifts in North Korea's military bearing, and there is close attention on whether Ju Ae receives official party titles at the congress.
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The dictator of North Korea has opened the country's most important political event with triumphal tones: it is also due to Russia and China

·Italy
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In North Korea, the Workers' Party began its congress. It is the first in five years at a pivotal date: the 15 years in power of Kim Jong-un. A great meeting to decide the regime's policy for the coming years, especially on diplomacy. Will Pyongyang permanently close the door to the West in its relations?

·Paris, France
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Lean Left

The “worst” times, officially, have been left behind, and a “new era” is opening up. With a grandiose, optimistic, and propaganda-timbered tone, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un opened Thursday the IX Congress of the Workers’ Party, the appointment that will set the direction of the hermetic atomic country for the next five years. Continue reading

·Spain
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North Korea holds a party congress again after five years. Dictator Kim considers the crisis to be overcome thanks to Russia and China. Will daughter Ju-ae succeed?

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Center

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened on Thursday a crucial congress of the ruling Workers' Party, which according to experts will define a wide range of priorities, including the objectives of the nuclear regime. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Lean Right

In the political liturgy of North Korea, the congresses of the ruling Workers' Party, held every five years, are not mere bureaucratic assemblies of a...

·Madrid, Spain
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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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