Key Results of The Eighth Party Congress in North Korea (Part 1 of 2)

Author(s)

Rüdiger Frank

Abstract

The Eighth Congress of the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP, or simply the party) was held in the DPRK from January 5 to January 12, 2021. Such events are rare occasions during which the work of the past is officially analyzed, and strategic goals are set for the immediate and mid-term future. The last such Congress occurred in 2016, after a hiatus of 36 years since the Sixth Party Congress of 1980.
The article summarizes the key results of the congress, with an emphasis on economic affairs (part 1/2).

Organisation(s)

Department of East Asian Studies

Publication date

01-2021

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

502027 Political economy

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Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ed0bbbc0-d4d6-4f11-b7d4-34614f979b49