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North Korea Party Congress
![North Korea’s New Economic Plan Looks a Lot Like the Old One North Korea’s New Economic Plan Looks a Lot Like the Old One](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-40554442274_759ac400d1_k.jpg)
North Korea’s New Economic Plan Looks a Lot Like the Old One
By Jonathan Corrado
The five-year economic plan laid out at the Party Congress is no course correction for the country.
![North Korea Party Congress Begins With Kim Jong Un’s Confession of Failure on the Economy North Korea Party Congress Begins With Kim Jong Un’s Confession of Failure on the Economy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-06-12.jpg)
North Korea Party Congress Begins With Kim Jong Un’s Confession of Failure on the Economy
By Mitch Shin
One of the most important events in North Korea started January 5 as Kim conveyed his messages over the quarantine and economy.
![Mired in Crises, North Korea’s Kim to Open Big Party Meeting Mired in Crises, North Korea’s Kim to Open Big Party Meeting](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-12-28-4.jpg)
Mired in Crises, North Korea’s Kim to Open Big Party Meeting
By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
Kim Jong Un is grappling with the toughest challenges of his nine-year rule as he prepares to host the ruling Workers’ Party congress in January.
![North Korea: What Now? North Korea: What Now?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-31_08-37-45.jpg)
North Korea: What Now?
By Aidan Foster-Carter
Nothing new came out of Pyongyang’s rare Party Congress. Can Kim Jong-un have his yellowcake and eat it too?
![North Korea Party Congress: Much Ado About Nothing North Korea Party Congress: Much Ado About Nothing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sizes/thumbnail/7693_5243b76e40722.jpg)
North Korea Party Congress: Much Ado About Nothing
By Bruce Klingner
Very little came out of the rarely-convened Party Congress last week.
![North Korea Weakly Flexes Military Muscles Ahead of Party Congress North Korea Weakly Flexes Military Muscles Ahead of Party Congress](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-01_09-48-44.jpg)
North Korea Weakly Flexes Military Muscles Ahead of Party Congress
By John Power
Two failed missile launches were a bid to boost Kim Jong-un's prestige ahead of a rare party meeting.
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