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Kim Jong Un denounces elites’ love of ‘corrupt wealth’ in speech to cadres

North Korean leader details youth disinterest and ongoing loyalty problems, demanding steps to ‘purify’ Workers’ Party

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un denounced officials who amass “corrupt wealth” and young people’s “drift” from party teachings in a speech on Monday.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday that Kim visited the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Cadres Training School in the capital to celebrate the institution’s 80th anniversary.

Kim said party members continue to exhibit “various immoral and undisciplined phenomena” while “treating the Party school process as a springboard for personal advancement,” adding these trends “must be thoroughly eliminated.”

One of Kim’s top concerns regarding the future of his ruling system is an