Why North Korea’s politburo held a secret meeting in recent months



Analysis Why North Korea’s politburo held a secret meeting in recent months Change in rank of a key department director hints at reasons and timing of first unpublicized gathering since last year Martin Weiser December 9, 2021 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Rodong Sinmun, Dec. 2, 2021 \| Kim Jong Un presides over the Fifth Political Bureau Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, held at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee on Dec. 1 On the surface, last week’s meeting of the politburo of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) apparently took place for the sole purpose of preparing for another meeting of the full Central Committee later in the month. Yet this confab also produced a bombshell: It was this year’s fifth meeting of the politburo. This means that a fourth meeting was held in secret sometime after the third meeting on Sept. 2. Before this revelation, state media had not given any hints that the politburo had held a secret meeting, and the reasons why the Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine

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Why North Korea’s politburo held a secret meeting in recent months

Change in rank of a key department director hints at reasons and timing of first unpublicized gathering since last year

Martin Weiser December 9, 2021

Why North Korea’s politburo held a secret meeting in recent months

Rodong Sinmun, Dec. 2, 2021 | Kim Jong Un presides over the Fifth Political Bureau Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, held at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee on Dec. 1

On the surface, last week’s meeting of the politburo of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) apparently took place for the sole purpose of preparing for another meeting of the full Central Committee later in the month.

Yet this confab also produced a bombshell: It was this year’s fifth meeting of the politburo. This means that a fourth meeting was held in secret sometime after the third meeting on Sept. 2.

Before this revelation, state media had not given any hints that the politburo had held a secret meeting, and the reasons why the

Why North Korea’s politburo held a secret meeting in recent months

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