The plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) last month focused on reviewing the progress of the country’s annual plan, as well as leadership reshuffles that saw a new role for one of Kim’s closest confidantes.

Jo Yong Won, the head of North Korea’s parliament, was forced to leave his post and return to the party’s Organizational Guidance Department (OGD), likely to oversee a larger investigation into corruption in the military.

State media reported that Pak Hui Chol, the Korean People’s Army (KPA