The enlarged meeting of the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea took place 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 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 the departments of the Party 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 that today they are to start the first work to fulfil the responsible mission of the ninth-term Party central leadership elected by the unanimous will of all the delegates and all other Party members at the historic Party Congress, the General Secretary warmly congratulated the members and alternate members of the Party Central Committee newly elected thanks to the great trust and expectations of the Party and the people.

The Presidium of the Political Bureau and the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee headed by the General Secretary were elected at the enlarged meeting of the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Party 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 related to the inner-Party structure arising as an essential requirement in realizing the Party's political leadership and unanimously approved a relevant decision.