North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged officials of the ruling Workers' Party to ramp up their ideological campaign in the run-up to the tenth anniversary of his leadership.
The party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on Tuesday that Kim sent a letter to a workshop of officials in charge of ideological education and propaganda. The workshop, the first of its kind, opened in Pyongyang on Monday.
Kim stressed in the letter that the basic mission and general goal of the party's ideological work is to model the entire party and society on the ideologies of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, the country's former leaders.
He also called for wiping out anti- and non-socialist practices that obstruct the modeling of society through a "powerful ideological offensive."
Kim is set to mark 10 years in the party's top post on April 11.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong told a parliamentary committee on Monday that North Korea appears to be repairing the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northeast. The North claimed to have blasted and closed it off prior to the first-ever US-North Korea summit in May 2018.
Yonhap news agency quoted several military and government officials as saying North Korea seems to be trying to dig a shortcut to one of the site's four tunnels. The tunnel has not been used in past nuclear tests.
The South Korean military is said to believe that this would enable the North to carry out its seventh nuclear test as early as mid-April.
The party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on Tuesday that Kim sent a letter to a workshop of officials in charge of ideological education and propaganda. The workshop, the first of its kind, opened in Pyongyang on Monday.
Kim stressed in the letter that the basic mission and general goal of the party's ideological work is to model the entire party and society on the ideologies of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, the country's former leaders.
He also called for wiping out anti- and non-socialist practices that obstruct the modeling of society through a "powerful ideological offensive."
Kim is set to mark 10 years in the party's top post on April 11.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong told a parliamentary committee on Monday that North Korea appears to be repairing the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northeast. The North claimed to have blasted and closed it off prior to the first-ever US-North Korea summit in May 2018.
Yonhap news agency quoted several military and government officials as saying North Korea seems to be trying to dig a shortcut to one of the site's four tunnels. The tunnel has not been used in past nuclear tests.
The South Korean military is said to believe that this would enable the North to carry out its seventh nuclear test as early as mid-April.
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Summary
Kim Jong Un urges intensified ideological campaign ahead of his tenth leadership anniversary, with focus on emulating past leaders. Meanwhile, South Korea's Foreign Minister suggests North Korea may be repairing its nuclear test site, potentially preparing for a seventh nuclear test in mid-April.
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Date: March 29, 2022
Created: 2022/03/29 20:29
Updated: 2025/12/09 17:22
Last Read: 2022/03/29 20:29