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North Korea holds cabinet party committee meeting to advance congress decisions

Published: 05 Mar. 2026, 10:49 Updated: 05 Mar. 2026, 13:35

This file photo from the Korean Central News Agency shows a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea Committee of the North Korean Cabinet, held July 7, 2025, and presided over by Premier Pak Thae-song, center. [YONHAP]

North Korea's cabinet held a plenary meeting of its party committee to advance decisions reached at the recent party congress, state media said Thursday.

The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Committee of the cabinet held an expanded meeting the previous day, presided over by Premier Pak Thae-song, to move forward with decisions from the Ninth Party Congress and a subsequent party central committee meeting, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

The committee is a WPK organ established within the cabinet that handles personnel and organizational affairs while overseeing the implementation of party policies.

The latest meeting is part of follow-up steps to the weeklong party congress last month, where North Korea outlined key policy goals for the next five years.

The KCNA said the meeting discussed and approved measures to successfully implement new goals proposed at the Ninth Party Congress.

Attending the session, party secretary Ri Yong-sik called on party organs "to make a step forward in each sector by strengthening party and political leadership in projects aimed at enhancing economic development and people's livelihoods."

Yonhap