Synopsis
In a bid to strengthen internal discipline, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has publicly reprimanded officials for drinking and irregularities, labeling them as a 'mega crime' during a recent party meeting. This highlights his commitment to reforming party conduct amid efforts to boost regional development.Key Takeaways
- Kim Jong-un reprimands officials for misconduct.
- Irregularities labeled a "mega crime".
- Focus on transforming party discipline.
- New organizational structures to be established.
- Push for regional development under "Regional Development 20x10 Policy".
Seoul, Jan 29 (NationPress) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has publicly reprimanded party officials for indulging in drinks and other irregularities, labeling them a "mega crime," as part of a move to enforce stricter internal discipline, according to state media.
Kim made these statements during the 30th expanded meeting of the Secretariat of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, which took place on Monday, addressing "serious cases ... of violating party discipline and exercising negative privileges," as reported by Yonhap news agency citing the Korean Central News Agency (KNCA).
The meeting revealed the "wrong deeds" committed by officials in Onchon Country, Nampho Municipality, and Usi County of Jagang Province, as stated by the KCNA.
The report detailed the party's findings, accusing 40 officials in Onchon of inadequate preparations for a plenary meeting of the county party committee and indulging in drinking sessions at public service facilities in "an act of flagrant violation of party discipline."
Agricultural inspectors in Usi have also been accused of "an unpardonable crime of inflicting sufferings on regional inhabitants and misappropriating their property at random by abusing the inviolable legal power."
During his speech at the meeting, Kim condemned these irregularities as "a mega crime which can never be pardoned" and "a grave crime of violating party discipline and moral and cultural order."
"It is useful for and beneficial to the revolution to boldly recognize such a grave deviation in the party and to deal with it as an especially serious case in time," he emphasized, highlighting "the transformation of cadres" as essential to the new direction of party building.
The Central Committee's Secretariat has decided to dissolve the party committee of Onchon County along with the agricultural inspection body of Usi Country, which will be replaced by a newly established organization.
This disciplinary action appears to be a strategy aimed at reinforcing internal discipline as Kim advances domestic initiatives for regional development under his "Regional Development 20x10 Policy" and aims for notable economic accomplishments in the year commemorating the 80th anniversary of the party's founding.
