Report on Enlarged Meeting of Second Plenum of Ninth Central Committee of WPK
Pyongyang, June 23 (KCNA) -- The Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held from June 20 to 22 to have an interim review of the implementation of the Party and state policies for 2026, the year of key importance when a breakthrough should be made in carrying out the strategic tasks and the new Five-Year Plan set forth at the Ninth WPK Congress, confirm the major work and the orientation of struggle for the second half of the year and discuss and decide on the pending issues urgently needed for putting the overall socialist construction on a stable and sustained development track.
The plenary meeting took place in the form of an enlarged meeting with the attendance of members of the Party central leadership as well as leading officials of guidance organs in Pyongyang and local areas, senior Party and administrative officials of major industrial establishments and major commanding officers of the Korean People's Army.
Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, presided over the plenary meeting.
The meeting presidium was composed of members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.
The following agenda items were brought up for discussion at the plenary meeting:
First, Interim Review of the Implementation of the Major Party and State Policies for 2026
Second, On Boosting the Coal Industry and Remodeling the Coal-Mine Villages across the Country
Third, On a Series of Measures for Enhancing the Role of the City and County People's Committees
Fourth, Organizational Matter
The plenary meeting heard and deliberated on a report on the implementation of the Party and state policies in the first half of the year.
The WPK Central Committee positively appreciated the important successes achieved in all fields of socialist construction in the first half of 2026, the responsible beginning of the struggle for implementing the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK, and the redoubled spirit of exertion and advance of the Party members and other working people that are leading the state and social trend as a whole.
The plenary meeting called for adhering to the revolutionary ideology and spirit and fighting principle, the basic guarantee of the ever-victorious leadership ability and fighting efficiency of the WPK, thoroughly meeting the requirements of the era of comprehensive development in all sectors and units and steadily boosting the spirit of fresh innovation and the trend of continuous transformation while overcoming and eradicating some shortcomings and negative and evil practices revealed in the first half of the year at their early stage.
The plenary meeting heard a report and speeches on the measures for thoroughly carrying out the technical and cultural upgrading of the coal industry sector, which was designated as the important strategic work of the Party and the state in the period of the new long-term plan.
The reporter and speakers unanimously stressed that the measures for boosting the coal industry sector are the most realistic ones for successfully solving the linchpin of the completion of the new Five-Year Plan and ensuring the stable and sustained development of our economy.
In particular, they expressed full support for and approval to the plan for completely renovating the coal-mining areas across the country and bringing about a dramatic change in them as it is the brilliant embodiment of the noble outlook on the people and the people-first politics of Comrade Kim Jong Un, which are consistent with boundless love for the working people and absolute service for them, and the most revolutionary policy and a bold decision that can be made only by Comrade Kim Jong Un.
The reporter and speakers said that the great changes to be made in the coal industrial areas clearly teach once again the right vision and attitude of the officials struggling for the prosperity of the state and the well-being of the people. They solemnly pledged before the plenary meeting to uphold the noble intention of Comrade Kim Jong Un in perfect practice and with continuous results.
Comrade Kim Jong Un emphasized that the issue of eliminating the centuries-old backwardness remaining in the coal industry sector in the era when the whole country is undergoing changes and progressing is a strategic issue of weighty significance not only in successfully fulfilling the new Five-Year Plan but also in carrying out the next medium- and long-term plans for the prospective development of the national economy and a promise our Party made with the coal miners and an urgent project that should be launched without delay. He referred to the orientations for forming another new front for technically and culturally transforming the coal industry sector as a whole, along with the construction projects for the Regional Development 20×10 Policy.
He said that the task to which our Party should give special importance and direct efforts for the development of the coal industry at the present stage is to decisively solve the housing problem of coal miners, the masters of coalfields and the producers. The transformation of coal-mine villages across the country is as gigantic and huge construction work as the transformation of rural dwellings across the country and a new sphere which holds an important part in the struggle for the regional development, and therefore, it is necessary to make thorough preparations from the beginning and give precedence to meticulous planning and preliminary arrangements, he noted.
To this end, it is needed to organize the powerful coal mining area construction headquarters in Pyongyang and provinces, build up the reliable designing and construction forces and make good preparations for the equipment, materials and transport so as to launch the full-scale construction from next year, he said.
Stressing that this construction project should be a crucial process for the coal miners, who have devoted their precious sweat and passion to defending the lifeline of the national economy in the annals of the revolution, and for transforming the coal industry as a whole in line with the demands of the three revolutions, he set forth detailed tasks for ensuring the successful implementation of the project including the issue of designing modern and advanced dwelling houses and public buildings well in conformity with the characteristics of the coal-mining areas and the issue of powerfully launching the project for turning the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine into a modern and standard coal mine and transforming the area into a new model of coal-mine culture.
The plenary meeting confirmed the unshakable will of the whole Party to bring the revolutionary plan and intention of Comrade Kim Jong Un into a brilliant reality without fail, being convinced that technological and cultural upgrading of the coal industry sector would be of weighty historic significance in rapidly boosting the overall economy by accelerating the solution of the long-term problem of industry and would serve as a great auspicious event when the new life and new culture of the most advanced working class are clearly settled at the centre of the times and as a new change of our state favored most by the people during the ninth term of the Party Central Committee.
The plenary meeting heard and deliberated on the measures the city and county people's committees studied for establishing rational and well-regulated work system and order and strengthening the relevant authority to meet the practical requirements in order to powerfully lead the new stage of development of Korean-style socialist construction in their regions.
The plenary meeting criticized and reviewed the deviations revealed in the course of the study of measures in contrary to the intention of the Party which set as an independent agenda item of the major Party meeting the issue of decisively enhancing the function and role of the people's committees, the sovereign and administrative executive organs responsible for leading the independent and multilateral growth of cities and counties, the strategic fortresses supporting the overall development of the country.
The plenary meeting recognized that the measures brought up for deliberation were studied and worked out in conformity with the policy-oriented intention of the Party Central Committee and the Party principle.
The plenary meeting discussed the organizational matter.
Members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the WPK were recalled and by-elected.
Han Sang Man and Kwon Song Hwan, alternate members of the WPK Central Committee, were by-elected as members of the C.C., WPK and Kim Yong Ul was by-elected directly as a member of the C.C., WPK.
Paek Un Chol, Ri Yun Su, Choe Chol Ung, Ko Han Sop and Jang Kyong Nam were by-elected as alternate members of the WPK Central Committee.
A member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee was recalled.
Kim Jae Ryong was recalled from member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee due to the change of position.
An alternate member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee was recalled and by-elected.
Ri Ho Rim was by-elected as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.
A secretary of the WPK Central Committee was recalled and elected.
Kim Jae Ryong was removed from his post as secretary of the Party Central Committee.
Comrade Kim Jong Un proposed at the plenary meeting to recall Jo Yong Won, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, and elect him as the secretary of the Party Central Committee.
The proposal, Comrade Kim Jong Un made as an exercise of the authority of the President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the basis of Article 90 of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of the Republic, was passed with the approval of all members of the Party Central Committee.
In accordance with Article 96 of Chapter 6 of the Constitution, the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly will be elected at the SPA to be convened in the future, and on the basis of Article 99 of the Constitution, the vice-chairman of the SPA Standing Committee will be in charge of the Standing Committee work during the recess of the SPA.
Department directors of the C.C., WPK were dismissed and appointed.
Kim Jae Ryong and Han Kwang Sang were dismissed from the post of department director of the Party Central Committee, and Jo Yong Won was appointed as the director of the Organizational Leadership Department of the Party Central Committee and Ri Ho Rim as the director of the Light Industry Department of the Party Central Committee.
The Central Military Commission of the WPK decided to refer Major Gen. Pak Hui Chol, vice-director for organizational affairs of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, to the law-enforcement organ in order to investigate allegations of his irregularities and corruption and to appoint Major Gen. Kim Yong Ul as vice-director for organizational affairs of the General Political Bureau.
At the plenary meeting, Comrade Kim Jong Un made an important concluding speech to clarify the orientation of the Party and state policies at the present stage and the short-, intermediate- and long-range future tasks.
Referring to the character and significance of this year's struggle of key importance in successfully attaining the five-year long-term goals set forth by the Party Congress, Comrade Kim Jong Un reviewed the first half-yearly work of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK, which confirmed the orientation of development and the goals at the new stage and organized and guided essential projects for encouraging the entire Party and all the people to implement them, and the successes achieved in all sectors of socialist construction.
In particular, he highly appreciated that the great enthusiasm and collective innovation of the working class and young people, who turned out in response to the decisions of the Party Congress, are playing a great encouraging role in the present new phase of development.
Saying that we are now paving an untrodden path which can be hewed only with an iron will and indefatigable struggle and that our struggle, which started vigorously for attaining the new long-term goals, can lead to the meaningful first success only when we perfectly carry out this year's tasks with all our courage and energy in the second half of the year, he stressed once again that all the sectors and units should continue to display the high fighting spirit and redouble their efforts, just as they did in launching their struggle in hearty response to the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.
The concluding speech referred to all the tasks facing the economic guidance organs and the national economic sectors and ways for implementing them in more dynamically promoting the first year's struggle for implementing the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.
It also underscored the need for the ecological environment protection organs and law enforcement agencies to enhance their roles in preventing the nationwide environmental pollution, for the disaster prevention agencies at all levels to increase their ability of coping with the possible disasters, and for the light industrial sector to improve the quality of consumer goods and push ahead with the construction of modern light industrial factories in a planned way.
The concluding speech called on all fields of science and culture to make dynamic efforts to successfully fulfill this year's work plans and policy tasks and thus bring about a radical phase in the development of their fields and make a positive contribution to the national prosperity and the promotion of the people's wellbeing.
Comrade Kim Jong Un in his concluding speech reaffirmed the steadfast policy stand of our Party and state to beef up the national defence capabilities faster.
This year, too, the U.S. and the ROK are pushing forward with the ROK's possession of a nuclear submarine while getting evermore undisguised in their moves towards the reinforcement and modernization of armed forces in the region, and they have so often staged military drills and espionage acts against the DPRK, extremely aggravating the situation in the Korean peninsula.
What is more dangerous is that the U.S. and the ROK held again military confab of the "Nuclear Consultative Group" (NCG), a nuclear war body whose purpose is to attack the DPRK with nuclear elements such as nuclear and conventional integration posture.
So far there were six rounds of such confab at which they drew up detailed nuclear war scenarios including war mode, sequence of missions, drills and operation elements. This clearly proves the criminal nature of the body pushing the situation in the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war.
Referring to the peculiarities of our revolution accompanied by the inevitable confrontation with imperialism, Comrade Kim Jong Un clearly clarified once again the steadfast stand of our Party and government to make more proactive efforts to further expand and strengthen the powerful and absolutely reliable deterrent for self-defence to cope with the prevailing geopolitical crisis.
The plenary meeting unanimously recognized that to steadily expand and strengthen the nuclear forces, the core of the military sovereignty of the DPRK and the pivot of implementing the strategy for deterring or fighting a war, and to thoroughly exercise the position of a nuclear weapons state is the most correct and unique way to actively and confidently cope with the unpredictable international military and political situation getting complicated in multiple ways.
After evaluating the position and role of the more sophisticated nuclear technology in the prospective development of our war deterrent, the concluding speech stressed that, with the nuclear technology as a basis, more extensive, innovative and encouraging plans would be carried out with increasing speed.
Comrade Kim Jong Un set forth tasks to dynamically carry out the work to increase powerful defence assets without pause in our own way and with a goal of overtaking the world.
In particular, it is necessary to put spurs to the building of 10 000-tonnage strategic guided missile cruiser to be conducted according to the April 4 decision of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, and to direct great efforts to developing and producing powerful conventional weapons of great significance in strengthening the combat capability of our army.
It is important to draw up detailed plans for building or modernizing munitions industrial enterprises and major munitions production enterprises which play an important role in strengthening the core combat capability of our army, and push ahead with them on an annual basis.
The concluding speech also advanced all tasks for bringing about a qualitative change in raising the combat capability of units of the People's Army at all levels.
In particular, it stressed the need for the Party committees and political organs at all levels to intensify the Party political work for cultivating the spiritual strength of the service personnel so as to train all of them to be the ones strong in ideology and faith and those possessed of boundless loyalty to the Party and the country, clear class consciousness and outlook on the arch enemy.
It underlined the need to complete qualitatively the ongoing project for fortifying the southern border and build new bases for naval fleets and other military bases and structures essential for bolstering up the national defence capability.
Comrade Kim Jong Un clarified once again the steadfast foreign policy stand of our Party and the DPRK government to firmly adhere to our principle of struggle against the enemy, strengthen the allied front with the anti-imperialist, independent forces and resolutely fight against the imperialists' moves for aggression and war.
Unimaginable astonishing incidents and events beyond the concept and common sense are taking place one after another and wars, bloodshed and political and economic instabilities are becoming a daily occurrence in the world due to the gangster-like and unlimited geopolitical greed and misuse of strength of the hegemonic forces, unprecedented since the Second World War. As a result, an inter-camp confrontation between the forces for independence or domination is getting fiercer. This is a feature of the extremely acute and variable international situation at present.
The U.S. indiscriminate and high-handed practices have dangerously impacted on its satellite forces and resulted in further deterioration in the bloody situation in Europe and Middle East. In the meantime, Japan, a defeated country in Asia, has openly turned itself into a war state by taking the present disturbing circumstances as an opportunity to get rid of all shackles restricting its moves to become a military power. This is inviting a strong backlash and serious concern from the international community.
Today, the world is witnessing rampant ultra-nationalism of modern version such as "America First" idea, Zionism, Ukrainian Neo-Nazism and Japanese militarism, international instability reminiscent of the disastrous scene a century ago when the whole world was involved in wars and bloodshed through collusion with one another, and frenzy high-handed and arbitrary practices of a certain country ignoring international laws. The reality goes to prove once again the justness of all of our political choices and the path we followed.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that we have no right to disregard this complicated situation and stark geopolitical reality or should not look away from them, stressing that strength represents the sovereign right and prestige of the country. And he added that the sovereignty and security of our country have been firmly ensured by its strong might and it will be permanent, emphasizing that there is nothing to revise or supplement in our view. He stressed that this is a general conclusion made by our Party in its protracted history of struggle against imperialism.
It is important for the foreign affairs sector to vigorously promote all the external relations on its own initiative with a view of subordinating and orienting them to protecting the national interests and building a rich country with a strong army.
In particular, it is essential to thoroughly adhere to the principle of struggle against the enemy set forth by our Party which defined the ROK as the most hostile state.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the Party organizations at all levels should ensure the successful fulfillment of the tasks for this year, the first year of implementing the decisions of the Party congress, by holding fast to the work for giving fullest play to the inexhaustible might and the ideological and mental strength of the popular masses as the core of their activities, and definitely making the Party guidance on the economic affairs the one by the political work method and orientational and methodological one.
The conclusion repeatedly highlighted the principled matters to be adhered to by the coal industry to make a great change without fail and by the city and country people's committees to decisively enhance their function and role during the ninth term of the Party Central Committee.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that each year is precious for us always advancing with a high aim to realize the most justifiable and sacred ideal and we value months and days constituting a year. He ardently called for all to wage more dynamic struggle, unsparingly devoting their unfading spirit of serving the country and people and unbounded enthusiasm for the revolutionary cause to the proud journey for gigantic creation and transformation.
His important speech had full support of all the participants.
The full text of the important conclusion he made at the plenary meeting will be published as an inner-Party document and distributed to the Party organizations at all levels.
In view of the basic spirit of the plenary meeting which called for pioneering a new phase and bringing about a new change with the fighting spirit and traits of uncompromisingly and thoroughly implementing the Party decisions adopted for the country and the people and determinedly overcoming obstacles without any vacillation and unhesitatingly and resolutely rectifying mistakes and deviations, the sectional consultative meetings were held, guided by the members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee.
The Third Meeting of the Political Bureau of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was convened on June 22.
The Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee examined the constructive opinions the sectional consultative meetings raised for deliberation after collective discussion and the report on the work of a group for reviewing the budget for the construction of major objects. And it conclusively confirmed the draft decisions and reported the result to the plenary meeting.
The plenary meeting unanimously adopted the decisions "On Boosting the Coal Industry and Remodeling Coal-Mine Villages across the Country in a Modern Style" and "On Taking a Measure for Enhancing the Function and Role of the City and County People's Committees".
The plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea held in June 2026 clearly demonstrated the solemn political will and seasoned leadership ability of the Party Central Committee which intends to substantially ensure the successful fulfillment of this year's major policy tasks aimed for attaining an innovative goal of the new stage and further consolidate the absolute dignity and irreversible status of the Republic by keeping to the positive trend of the country's development and adhering to the scientific and offensive mode of advance, fighting principle and thoroughgoing executive power. -0-
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