Timing of North Korean Plenary Meeting suggests break from precedence

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Timing of North Korean Plenary Meeting suggests break from precedence

Plenum set to be held before end of December and Kim Jong Un's New Year Address on January 1

Chad O'Carroll December 24, 2019

Timing of North Korean Plenary Meeting suggests break from precedence

Rodong Sinmun

The timing of North Korea's forthcoming and unusually-timed Plenary Meeting, which is scheduled to take place "in the last 10 days" of December, appears to have broken from precedence under Kim Jong Un's leadership.

With the North hosting an expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) according to December 22 reports in the Rodong Sinmun, it was anticipated by analysts that the Plenary Meeting or plenum would take place soon after.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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