Contact Us
News World North Korea ruling Workers' Party re-elects Kim Jong Un as general secretary

North Korea ruling Workers' Party re-elects Kim Jong Un as general secretary

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as the general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party at a rare congress, state media said Monday. The decision was made Sunday "in accordance with the unshakable will and unanimous desire of all the delegates" at the ninth party congress, the Korean Central News Agency said.

Reuters WORLD
Published February 23,2026
Subscribe
NORTH KOREA RULING WORKERS PARTY RE-ELECTS KIM JONG UN AS GENERAL SECRETARY

North Korea's ruling Workers' Party ⁠re-elected ⁠leader Kim Jong Un as general ⁠secretary at the fourth day of its party congress meetings ⁠on Sunday, ⁠state news agency KCNA reported on Monday.

The meeting also elected ⁠members of the party Central Committee and adopted revisions to ⁠the ‌party ‌rules, ⁠KCNA ‌said. It did not ⁠provide ⁠details of ⁠the changes.