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North Korea held the 11^th plenary meeting of the 8^th
Central Committee (hereafter the 11^th plenary meeting) of the
Workers Party of Korea (WPK) from December 23 to 27, 2024. Since 2020, North
Korea has not released a New Year’s Statement and has instead reported results
of end-of-year plenary meetings. The 11^th plenary meeting turned out to be relatively
not specific. Considering uncertainty of international situations in the
foreseeable future, North Korea is thought to have felt a pressure to make
conclusive and specific announcement. Particularly, when it comes to diplomacy,
North Korea only briefly stated that an “the strategy for the toughest
anti-U.S. counteraction,” while referring to a proposed task of “promoting the
development of relations with the friendly countries.” With regards to the
military, North Korea did not offer further details --- even though it
mentioned “the strategic and tactical policies for more reliably guaranteeing
the bolstering of war deterrence.” This is quite different from the previous
year’s end-of-year plenary meeting when it mentioned specific numbers such as “three
reconnaissance satellites.” Pyongyang is thought to have restrained from
presenting specific announcement out of a fear of a failure to achieve.