Kim Jong-un Commits to 'System Cohesion' and "Establishing the Sole Leadership System"

Lecture at the Central Party Cadre School Following Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy Visit

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, visited the Party Central Cadre School and gave a commemorative lecture. Following his visit to the Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy, this consecutive visit to the Party cadre training institution is interpreted as an effort to strengthen regime cohesion amid internal and external difficulties, including the spread of COVID-19.

According to the Korean Central News Agency on the 18th, General Secretary Kim stated in his lecture, "The fundamental requirement of political construction is to deepen the work of establishing the Party Central's sole leadership system to a new height," adding, "By establishing strong discipline within the Party, all unorganized, undisciplined, and negative elements can be thoroughly suppressed throughout the Party's work."

He further emphasized, "The struggle to overcome distorted ideological viewpoints, including irresponsibility and opportunism, must be continuously carried out to prevent the persistence of incorrect work styles," and stressed, "Any phenomena that contradict the Party's sound work style, such as factionalism, bureaucratism, corrupt practices, extraneous burdens, as well as neglecting the people and infringing on their rights and interests, must not be tolerated even for a moment and must be decisively eliminated."

General Secretary Kim's visit was accompanied by Jo Yong-won, Organizational Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Party Secretaries Ri Il-hwan, Kim Jae-ryong, Jeon Hyun-chol, Park Tae-sung, and Party Central Committee Deputy Director Joo Chang-il. On site, Baek Hyung-chol, the school principal, and Party Secretary Jang Sung-ho reportedly welcomed General Secretary Kim.

The Workers' Party Central Cadre School, originally established as the Kim Il-sung Advanced Party School in June 1946, is the highest educational institution for training and retraining Party cadres in Pyongyang. Previously, General Secretary Kim also visited the Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy, an elite higher education institution in North Korea, on the 12th and 16th.

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