North Korea plans crackdown as Kim pushes for internal unity

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By HYUNG-JIN KIM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top deputies have pushed for a crackdown on officials who abuse their power and commit other “unsound and non-revolutionary acts,” state media reported Monday, as Kim seeks greater internal unity to overcome a COVID-19 outbreak and economic difficulties.

It wasn’t clear what specific acts were mentioned at the ruling Workers’ Party meeting on Sunday. But possible state crackdowns on such alleged acts could be an attempt to solidify Kim’s control of his people and get them to rally behind his leadership in the face of the domestic hardships, some observers say.

Kim and other senior party secretaries discussed “waging a more intensive struggle against unsound and non-revolutionary acts including abuse of power and bureaucratism revealed among some party officials,” the official Korean Central News Agency said.

Kim ordered the authority of the party’s auditing commission and other local discipline supervision systems to be bolstered to promote the party’s “monolithic leadership” and “the broad political activities of the party through the strong discipline system,” KCNA said.



People watch a TV showing an image of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 13, 2022. Kim and his top deputies have pushed for a crackdown on officials who abuse their power and commit other "unsound and non-revolutionary acts," state media reported Monday, as Kim seeks greater internal unity to overcome a COVID-19 outbreak and economic difficulties. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


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[Javaman]

1. to me, given that they are getting hit hard by covid now, it sounds like higher ups are hoarding

at the expense of those around them.

but you know, it's okay for kim to continue to live large at the expense of everyone else though.

it's good to be king of a hermit kingdom.

[getagrip_already]

3. more likely the local party heads have been helping hard hit populations....

And thus are not passing as much up the chain as expected.

That would be the only sin they could committee other than political resistance.

[Javaman]

4. you're thinking like a rational person. LOL

I just finished reading a few books on N. Korea and people who have escaped.

I really really doubt anyone is helping anyone.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. they have been hoarding for years at the expense of the g.p while they make atom bombs.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Much like another country we know, but done in complete secrecy there...and loving approval.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. si.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

5. Another day, another slew of AP jacking up war fear. The Pentagon remains always grateful.

What would American trillion dollar military amd security machine do if there was no fear of war in the world?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Until morale improves the beatings will continue.

[Martin68]

9. This is not an attempt to get "great unity." It is a distraction and an attempt to find scapegoats

for Kim's mistakes in Covid and economic policy.

[EndlessWire]

10. Executions coming. n/t