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Kim Jong Un orders crackdown on ‘abuse of power’ among North Korean officials

DPRK leader discusses struggle against ‘unsound’ acts with top party secretaries in follow-up to last week’s plenum

North Korean ruling party officials face a crackdown on “abuse of power” after a meeting Sunday between leader Kim Jong Un and seven top party secretaries, according to state media.

The meeting was a direct follow-up to a three-day party plenum held last week, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday. 

The Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee Secretariat discussed “discipline within the Party” and “waging a more intensive struggle against unsound and non-revolutionary acts including abuse of power and bureaucratism revealed among some Party officials,” the report said.

Central party authorities plan to strengthen the