Analysis Top brass: North Korea’s Political Bureau leadership, in fullState media coverage this week paints a fuller picture of recent promotions, organization hierarchy Below is a full list of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee (CC) Political Bureau (PB) leadership as of June 5, 2019, in order of importance in the PB hierarchy. The names were compiled and ordered based on a review of a) the by-election results from the Fourth Plenum of the Seventh WPK on April 10, 2019; b) leadership turnouts in major national events following the plenum; and c) Kim Jong Un appearances attended by PB members on June 3 and 4. PB Presidium Members (3) 1 Kim Jong Un 2 Choe Ryong Hae 3 Pak Pong Ju PB Members (21) 1 Kim Jong Un 2 Choe© Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |