Kim Jong-un is launching a crackdown on North Korea’s drinking culture

By David Hall, PhD Candidate in Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently chaired a meeting of the Korean Worker’s Party Secretariat, the body responsible for prescribing correct behaviour and ensuring it’s adhered to by party members. The party’s official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported that this meeting was convened to address various shortcomings in discipline (tangnaegyuryurŭl ranp'ok) – including binge drinking by some party officials.

The meeting was concerned with two violations…

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