The first enlarged plenary meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee on February 23.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, presided over the plenary meeting.

Attending the plenary meeting were members and alternate members of the WPK Central Committee who were elected at the Ninth Party Congress.

Present there as observers were officials of departments of the WPK Central Committee, senior officials of ministries, national agencies, provinces, cities, counties and major industrial establishments and relevant commanding officers of the Korean People's Army.

Saying today we are to start the first work to fulfill the responsible mission of the ninth-term Party central leadership elected by the general will of all the delegates and Party members at the historic Party congress, the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated the members and alternate members of the Party Central Committee newly elected under the great trust and expectation of the Party and people.

The Presidium of the Political Bureau and the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee headed by Kim Jong Un were elected at the first enlarged plenary meeting of the Ninth WPK Central Committee.

Secretaries of the Party Central Committee were elected and the Secretariat was formed.

The Central Military Commission and the Central Inspection Commission of the WPK were elected.

The plenary meeting discussed the work for the inner-Party structure essentially needed in implementing the Party's political guidance and unanimously approved a relevant decision.

Department directors of the Party Central Committee and chief secretaries of the provincial committees of the Party were appointed.

Commanding officers for the key posts of the KPA were appointed.

The meeting decided to discuss the 2026 work plan for implementing the decisions of the Ninth Party Congress, make a joint study of draft decisions reflecting this year's plan at the sectional study and consultative meetings for drawing up a new five-year plan to be carried out in the period of the Party congress, and bring together opinions to submit them for deliberation at the newly-elected Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.

It also decided to discuss the agenda item on the revision of the collection of slogans set forth by the Party Central Committee and the WPK Rules guide and distribute the relevant drafts to the whole Party after the study of them by the members of the Party Central Committee and the deliberation by the Political Bureau.

The enlarged plenary meeting decided to examine and adopt a proposal for reshuffling the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and the Cabinet and refer it to the new-term Supreme People's Assembly.

General Secretary Kim Jong Un said that we are now facing the new five years which will be a part of the glorious Party history and whether or not the ninth-term Party Central Committee fulfills the heavy mission entrusted by the supreme leadership entirely depends on the high sense of responsibility and activity of the members of the Party central leadership. And he added that the members of the Party central leadership should do their utmost to fulfill their heavy and sacred duty with a high sense of the Party spirit, the revolutionary spirit and the spirit of serving the people so as to live up to the deep trust and expectations of the Party members and other people.

The subjective and objective conditions and environment of the Korean revolution will not be smooth even in the period of implementing the new long-term plan but we should take the strategic initiative firmly and remain proactive in making redoubled efforts on full alert in order to bring about marked growth in the might of the Party and the state and provide the people with greater wellbeing, he stressed.