North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged that his country’s “ideological work” is not keeping pace with a changing environment and called for a more aggressive campaign to keep pace, according to a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report Saturday.  

Kim reportedly made the remarks as he kicked off the Third Workshop for Officials in the Information Sectors of the Workers’ Party of Korea in the capital city Friday. Similar to previous iterations, the workshop appears to be a multi-day event that will continue for several more days. 

Party Central Committee secretaries Ri Il Hwan and Ju Chang Il, officers