North Korea convenes plenum, launches rockets into sea

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Topics closely watched for next year's congress include whether North Korea will institutionalize "Kim Jong-un's revolutionary thought" or "Kim Jong-un-ism" as an official guiding ideology of the state, elevating Kim's personal doctrine in the same manner that "Kim Il-sung-ism" and "Kim Jong-il-ism" were codified under his predecessors.
53% : According to North Korea's state media on Wednesday, the 13th Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee was convened the previous day, presided over by leader Kim Jong-un and bringing together senior party officials, government ministries, provincial leaders and key military commanders.
48% : Reintroducing a formal state presidency could signal an attempt to further institutionalize Kim Jong-un's authority or streamline leadership structures.
46% : Observers are also watching for signs that Pyongyang may consider reviving the state presidency system, a post abolished in 1998 when the regime enshrined Kim Il-sung as "eternal president" and shifted executive authority to the chair of the National Defense Commission, later restructured under Kim Jong-un.

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