North Korean state media on February 29 reported on Kim’s “operation and execution” of an expanded meeting of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee (CC) Political Bureau (PB) on an unknown date. This report was followed by a readout of Kim’s guidance of a military drill on February 28. Kim likely presided over the PB expanded meeting on February 27 rather than on the same day as guiding the military exercise, given the travel time required.

The PB expanded meeting dealt with three agenda items: wrongdoing among party cadres, including “irregularities and corruption”; the prevention of a coronavirus