The timing of North Korea’s forthcoming and unusually-timed Plenary Meeting, which is scheduled to take place “in the last 10 days” of December, appears to have broken from precedence under Kim Jong Un’s leadership.

With the North hosting an expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) according to December 22 reports in the Rodong Sinmun, it was anticipated by analysts that the Plenary Meeting or plenum would take place soon after.

“Three days have elapsed since state media on December 22 reported on a CMC meeting, which almost certainly was held to set the stage for the