North Korea removes reunification goal, strengthens Kim's authority
The Institute for National Security Strategy published the full text of the Workers' Party of Korea's revised charter, showing removal of language on reunification and references to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. The revisions codify Kim Jong-un's unitary leadership by explicitly listing the general secretary's powers to convene meetings, appoint and dismiss officials, expel members and dissolve departments, and they add wartime provisions that can bypass internal elections. The charter also raises minimum party membership age to 20 and reflects earlier constitutional changes, signaling a formal shift in inter-Korean policy and party structure with regional security and diplomatic consequences.
The WPK removed reunification language and codified Kim's expanded powers.
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Kim announced relations with Seoul as between two hostile states in late 2023. Pyongyang amended the constitution in October 2024 and revised the party charter again at the ninth congress in February 2025. The new charter release could…
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