When the Sixth Conference of Party Cell Secretaries was held in April, Kim Jong Un talked about ten “important tasks” and twelve “basic traits” for cell secretaries in his concluding remarks. But only the tasks were explained in some detail, while the twelve traits were only mentioned by name. As the speech had the title “Important Tasks for Strengthening Party Cells in the Current Times,” it was not surprising that the other list received less attention. The list of traits might have appeared at first like a contribution of Kim Jong Un to party doctrine underlined by a series