Seoul, Feb 7, 2026 (AFP) - N. Korea to hold party congress in late February: KCNA

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2026-02-07

North Korea's leadership will hold a party congress later this month, state media announced Sunday, in what will be the first such major gathering since 2021. "The Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee adopted with unanimous approval a decision on opening the Ninth Congress of the WPK in Pyongyang, the capital of the revolution, in late February 2026," the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. bur-des/sst ...

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