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Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.
Corruption among party officials is still a major problem preventing Kim Jong Un’s authority from being fully realized, the North Korean leader reportedly said in a lengthy speech at the party’s Central Cadres Training School on Monday.
Kim said the “greatest problem” the party faces at present is the “insufficient number of officials” with the right ideological mettle to carry out his plans, as he seeks to establish a “new definition” of his uncontested rule, the Rodong Sinmun reported Tuesday.