N. Korea's Kim visits key political school for party cadres on its 80th founding anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a key political school of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) to mark its 80th founding anniversary, calling it a "strategic fortress" ensuring the party's existence, state media reported Tuesday. Kim paid a "congratulatory" visit to the Central Cadres Training School of the WPK the previous day, accompanied by senior party officials, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The Central Cadres Training School is North Korea's top political education institution designed to cultivate and reeducate party cadres. The school is "now glorifying its sacred original name ... as a strategic fortress guaranteeing the existence and development of the Party," Kim was quoted as saying in a speech by the KCNA. Kim highlighted the importance of the school's role in educating young cadres, noting that young party officials may lack party spirit amid generational shifts. He also emphasized North Korea's people-centered policy approach will remain unchanged even in the midst of shifting times, though "anti-people acts," including abuse of power,

Original source: Korea Times