The Enlarged Meeting of the 13th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held from December 9 to 11 to sum up the major Party and state affairs in 2025 and to decide on a series of important issues arising at present including the preparations for the Ninth Congress of the Party.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, attended the plenary meeting.

Present there were members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the WPK and, as observers, officials of the departments of the Party Central Committee, leading officials of ministries, national agencies and provincial-level guidance organs, chief secretaries of the Party committees and chairpersons of the people's committees in cities and counties, leading Party and administrative officials of major industrial establishments and the relevant commanding officers of the Korean People's Army.

A presidium of the plenary meeting was elected.

The Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee authorized Comrade Kim Jong Un to preside over the plenary meeting.

Kim Jong Un referred to the main features of the struggle of this year when more gigantic projects were undertaken and greater changes were made than any other years.

Saying that as greater steps forward are taken for the development of the state and the well-being of the people across the country, we should never be conceited by the initial achievements and that only when we correctly find out the factors creating artificial difficulties in our way ahead, fiercely fight against the negative practices and elements by setting them as the main target and draw lessons in time, can the Party lead the revolution and construction correctly, he stressed the need for the members of the central leadership of the Party to take an active part in the discussion of agenda items with a deep understanding of the purpose of the convening of the plenary meeting and the importance of the issues to be discussed.

The plenary meeting dealt with the following agenda items:

1. On the review of the implementation of the policies of the Party and the state in 2025

2. On the work of the Central Inspection Commission of the Party in 2025