After a ruling party congress, Kim Jong Un presented the rifles to senior party and military officials, as well as his daughter, who is seen as an increasingly likely successor.

A retrospective on predictions for the Ninth WPK Congress, Kim Yo Jong’s expanded role, and the outlook for North Korea’s foreign and domestic policy.

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, was in particularly ebullient form as he opened the recent five-yearly congress of his Korean Workers’ Party.

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress defined the new Five-Year Plan as a “stage of stabilization and consolidation, and gradual qualitative development.” This framing should not be dismissed as mere ...

March 6 - A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. Here are the candidates - and potential candidates - so far, and details on ...