The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea Opens on the 5th with an Opening Address by Kim Jong Un

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

The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea opened on the 5th with an opening address by Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea.

On the 6th, Korean Central Broadcasting reported, "The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea opened on January 5, 2021, in Pyongyang, the capital of the revolution," and stated that Chairman Kim delivered the opening speech. The broadcast added that members of the Political Bureau attended the congress.

The broadcast stated, "The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea convened the 8th Party Congress, the eighth in the sacred history of our Party, to comprehensively and strictly summarize the work of the Party Central Committee in accordance with the era's demands for a new high tide and majestic upheaval in the development of our revolution, to clearly reaffirm the correct direction and tasks of struggle to achieve greater victories in the socialist cause, and to prepare practical improvement measures."

It was announced that the convening of this congress "is an expression of our Party's firm confidence in advancing the socialist cause to the next stage of victory and is a notable political event of great significance in the glorious combative path of the Workers' Party of Korea."

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