The Victor’s Congress?

... the Party’s founding. For several months, experts vied with each other in making forecasts and surmises as to why the North Korean leadership had deemed it necessary to revive the tradition of Party congresses, considering that during the reign ... ... of the Congress. In effect, the supreme body of the WPK became “a congress of one man,” “the victor” Kim Jong-un. The main, if not the sole, aim of the grandiose event (attended by nearly 5,000 delegates and observers) was to draw ...