Kim Jong-un's "Ultra-High Alert COVID-19 Emergency Prevention Battle" Public Activity After 26 Days

Presiding over the Party Politburo Expanded Meeting... Criticism of Criminal Acts by the Party Committee of Pyongyang Medical University

Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea

Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, held an expanded meeting of the Workers' Party Political Bureau to discuss measures against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and ordered the establishment of discipline within the Party organization.

On the 16th, North Korea's state media Korean Central News Agency reported, "The 20th expanded meeting of the 7th Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee was convened on November 15 at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee," adding, "Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un participated in the meeting."

Chairman Kim had not appeared in public since paying respects at the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Martyrs' Cemetery in Hoechang County, South Pyongan Province, on October 21, marking the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's participation in the Korean War, but reappeared in public on the 26th day since then.

At this meeting, measures to strengthen COVID-19 prevention were discussed.

The news agency stated, "The Supreme Leader Comrade gave a detailed analysis and evaluation of the recent global spread of the malignant virus and the state of national quarantine," and "emphasized maintaining a state of ultra-high alert, building a perfect blockade barrier, and intensifying the emergency anti-epidemic campaign."

Furthermore, the meeting strongly criticized the criminal acts of the Party Committee of Pyongyang Medical University.

The agency reported, "At the meeting, the Pyongyang Medical University Party Committee, which committed serious criminal acts, and the relevant departments of the Party Central Committee, the judiciary and prosecution, and the State Security organs, which failed to strengthen Party guidance, disciplinary measures, legal supervision, and control, thereby condoning, ignoring, and encouraging the crimes, were sharply criticized for their irresponsibility and extreme dereliction of duty."

Additionally, "At the expanded meeting of the Party Central Committee Political Bureau, materials analyzing anti-socialist behaviors appearing in educational institutions and society at large were reported, and serious discussions were held on decisively eradicating these issues."

Reflecting the COVID-19 situation, this meeting was also conducted via video conference. The agency stated, "The expanded meeting of the Political Bureau was attended by members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee," and "officials from relevant departments of the Party Central Committee, provincial Party committee chairpersons, Minister of Social Security, Chief of the Central Prosecutor's Office, and members of the national emergency quarantine sector attended via video conference."

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