North Korean leader Kim Jong-un publicly accused cadres on the spot at a meeting, criticizing them for being responsible for the economic failure, and his face turned red and he slapped his hand on the table in anger, according to the Chosun Ilbo newspaper. It is said that the current economic crisis facing North Korea may be more serious than the outside world believes.
On February 11, 2021, Kim Jong-un presided over the plenary session of the Workers’ Party and angrily criticized officials in the economic sector for not thinking about change.
From the 8th to the 11th of this month, North Korea held the “Second Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party” in Pyongyang. The company’s main business is to promote the development of the company’s products and services.
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The report said that Kim Jong-un originally planned to build more than 10,000 new apartment buildings in Pyongyang within a year, but the construction department claimed that there were not enough available building materials and lowered the planned construction target, thus igniting the anger of Kim Jong-un.
Kim Jong-un also replaced Kim Doo-il, the former economy minister of the Workers’ Party, with Oh Soo-yong. The image released by the Korean media shows that Cho Yong-won, the secretary of the Labor Party, who is considered to be Kim Jong-un’s confidant, is standing at the same row of the podium as Kim Jong-un with a serious expression and openly criticizing the stage, but only Kim Doo-il is standing on the stage with an awkward expression.
It is understood that previously Oh Soo Yung had served as Minister of Economy for several years after Kim Jong Un came to power, and later changed his position to the 2nd Economic Chairman, in charge of the munitions industry, until the 11th when he took over as Minister of Economy again.
In an interview with Radio Free Asia, a source at the Czech Embassy in North Korea disclosed that, due to the suspension of imports from North Korea, sugar and cooking oil have been completely out of reach for several months, and even coffee and toothpaste are not easily available, and the prices of locally grown vegetables and fruits have risen considerably compared to last winter.
The Russian Ambassador to North Korea Aleksandr Matsegora, in an interview with the Russian media Interfax, said that Life in Pyongyang is not so easy nowadays. The disruption of foreign trade in North Korea has led to a shortage of materials and parts, which has caused local businesses to stop operating, resulting in many people losing their jobs, and even children being unable to attend school for almost a whole year and having to stay at Home.
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