{"id":2397487,"date":"2025-01-31T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-cracks-whip-on-workers-party-group-drinking-spree-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:13:18","slug":"kim-jong-un-cracks-whip-on-workers-party-group-drinking-spree-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-cracks-whip-on-workers-party-group-drinking-spree-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un cracks whip on Workers\u2019 Party \u2018group drinking spree\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkim-jong-un-cracks-whip-on-workers-party-group-drinking-spree-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397487&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken decisive action against officials within the Workers&#8217; Party \u2062of\u200d Korea, criticizing them for engaging in corruption \u200cand \u2062misconduct, including excessive drinking. \u2063During a recent meeting of the party&#8217;s Secretariat,Kim highlighted serious breaches of discipline and the \u2064emergence of a &#8220;privileged social stratum&#8221;\u2064 among party members. He \u2062specifically called out incidents of public drunkenness and\u200b corruption\u2063 that undermined the party&#8217;s socialist \u200dprinciples.<\/p>\n<p>Kim&#8217;s\u2064 public reprimand of party \u2062officials, notably\u2062 those in \u2062Onchon County and Usi County, reflects a\u200c rare acknowledgment of internal issues by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">state media<\/a>.He warned that such behaviors could jeopardize\u200b the party&#8217;s integrity and lead \u200dto\u2062 a non-political habitat in\u2062 North Korea. The Workers&#8217; Party, which has been characterized as a \u200dkleptocracy \u200bsince its formation, continues to be ruled by the \u2063Kim dynasty, consolidating\u2063 power in a manner \u2062reminiscent\u2062 of a cult of personality.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, North Korean soldiers have been implicated in the\u2064 ongoing conflict in Ukraine, even though recent reports indicate a lack of visible military activity from them on the\u200b front lines. This situation remains under scrutiny as the\u200c reasons for their\u2063 withdrawal from the conflict remain unclear.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kim Jong Un cracks whip on Workers&rsquo; Party  &lsquo;group drinking spree&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1934341\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kim-jong-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un<\/a> is cleaning house within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Workers&rsquo; Party of Korea<\/a> this week, accusing regional leaders of undermining the country&rsquo;s socialist character by engaging in corruption and drunkenness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A series of abuses by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit\/\" title=\"REPORT: Biden\u2019s Education Department Has Closer Ties To CRT Group Than They Admit\">high-ranking officials<\/a> 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 &ldquo;privileged social stratum&rdquo; within party ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Kim specifically blasted behavior by party officials in Onchon County of Nampho Municipality and Usi County of Jagang Province as &ldquo;serious cases of [officials] gravely infringing upon the dignity, rights, and interests of the people while wantonly violating Party discipline and exercising negative privileges.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Specific violations of WPK standards noted at the meeting included &ldquo;drinking bouts at public service facilities,&rdquo; partaking in &ldquo;practices of corruption&rdquo; within the party, and &ldquo;misappropriating [citizens&rsquo;] property at random by abusing [cadres&rsquo;] inviolable legal power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held from Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The intraparty fiasco was reported widely across North Korean state media in the following days &mdash; a rare example of government malpractice being covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-campus-hate-crimes-that-turned-out-to-be-hoaxes\/\" title=\"6 Campus \u2018Hate Crimes\u2019 That Turned Out To Be Hoaxes\">national news outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These malpractices are not only a serious case that could undermine the foundations for strengthening our Party and make the county, occupying one-two hundredth of the country&rsquo;s territory, a non-Party, non-political and non-socialist region, but also a dangerous signal which directly indicates that a privileged social stratum, seeking more special favours than the people by abusing their authority, may be formed,&rdquo; the supreme leader warned at the committee meeting, <a href=\"https:\/\/kcnawatch.org\/newstream\/1738120257-328681952\/report-on-30th-enlarged-meeting-of-secretariat-of-eighth-central-committee-of-wpk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> state newspaper <em>Rodong Sinmun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The WPK is the sole governing authority of North Korea, founded in 1949 as a merger between the Workers&rsquo; Party of North Korea and the Workers&rsquo; Party of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Since power was consolidated by North Korea&rsquo;s founder, Kim Il-Sung, in the 1960s, the party has been deemed a kleptocracy and cult of personality by outside observers.<\/p>\n<p>It is headed by the hereditary pseudo-monarchy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3256230\/north-korea-succession-plans-mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kim dynasty<\/a>, which, for three generations, has been vested with the overlapping offices of general secretary, president, and commander in chief. These three positions held together form the unofficial, all-powerful political office of &ldquo;supreme leader.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While it is not without precedent for the supreme leader to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">rebuke lower party officials publicly<\/a> for perceived incompetence or malpractice, there has not been such a high-profile and thorough dressing down among the leadership in some time.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean troops are deployed to aid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, but Ukrainian officials report that personnel of the Korean People&rsquo;s Army have not been seen in weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The approximately 11,000 soldiers were expected to take fewer combat-intensive positions in the conflict, such as guarding bases and patrolling territory already captured by Russian troops, but a series of skirmishes with North Koreans were reported late last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multiple Korean People&rsquo;s Army soldiers were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3284569\/north-korean-soldiers-unwilling-defect-capture-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">taken as prisoners by the Ukrainian military<\/a>, which posted videos of interrogations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation\/\" title=\"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation\">social media sites<\/a> as proof of North Korean involvement.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two weeks, there has been no evidence of Korean People&rsquo;s Army activity on the front line. 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