Kim Jong Un cracks whip on Workers’ Party ‘group drinking spree’

Published January 31, 2025 12:09pm ET



Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is cleaning house within the Workers’ Party of Korea this week, accusing regional leaders of undermining the country’s socialist character by engaging in corruption and drunkenness.

A series of abuses by high-ranking officials were tabled for discussion at the 30th Enlarged Meeting of the Secretariat of the Eighth Central Committee of WPK on Monday and spotlighted a growing “privileged social stratum” within party ranks.

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