00:23Just hours ago, Kim Jong-un was re-chosen to lead Workers' Party of Korea.
00:30And with that re-election, North Korea sent a clear message to the world.
00:35This is not just about politics.
00:38It is about nuclear power.
00:43In Pyongyang, thousands of party elites packed into a rare once-in-five-years congress,
00:51the Ninth Party Congress, a gathering that quietly shapes everything from diplomacy to war planning.
00:58And at the center of it all, Kim.
01:05State media said military leaders stood and pledged their loyalty.
01:10Delegates rubber-stamped his continual role as General Secretary.
01:16But the real headline wasn't the vote.
01:18It was the weapons.
01:22The party praised what it called a radical improvement in North Korea's nuclear forces.
01:29A claim that its army is now capable of handling any form of war.
01:34That language is not casual.
01:36It is calculated.
01:38Under Kim, North Korea's nuclear program has shifted from a regional concern to a global security issue.
01:47It has been more than eight years since North Korea conducted its last nuclear test.
01:53A blast so powerful it triggered a man-made earthquake beneath the Hamyang Mountains.
01:59Since then, Pyongyang scientists have been working quietly.
02:03Not just to build bigger bombs, but to make them smaller, portable warheads designed to fit on long-range missiles.
02:12Just days before this congress opened, Kim unveiled massive nuclear-capable rocket launchers.
02:18Dozens of them, lined up in perfect rows outside Pyongyang's House of Culture.
02:23The visuals were intentional.
02:26Order.
02:27Discipline.
02:28Power.
02:30This congress is also rare.
02:32It is only the ninth time the party has met at this level under the Kim dynasty.
02:37Kim's father, Kim Yong-il, shelfed these gatherings for decades.
02:41Kim revived them in 2016.
02:44Why does that matter?
02:46Because this is where signals are sent.
02:49Analysts now study the photos closely.
02:51Who sits near Kim?
02:52Who is pushed to the back row?
02:54Who disappears?
02:56And one face in particular draws attention.
02:58His teenage daughter, Ju-ae.
03:01South Korea's intelligence agency believes she is being positioned as a future heir.
03:05If she appears prominently, it is not symbolic.
03:08It is strategic.
03:10Outside North Korea, the message is also being watched carefully.
03:14Xi Jinping congratulated Kim, hailing a new chapter in relations.
03:18Last year, Kim stood alongside Xi and Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Beijing.
03:23A visual of shifting alliances.
03:25At the same time, in Washington, President Donald Trump said he was 100% open to meeting
03:30him again.
03:31But so far, Pyongyang has kept its distance.
03:34Five years ago, at the last congress, Kim called the United States his country's biggest
03:38enemy.
03:39Now, the world is watching to see if that tone changes or hardens.
03:45What we do know is this.
03:48Kim used this congress not just to secure his position, but to show that North Korea's
03:52nuclear program is not stalled, not frozen, not negotiable.
03:56It is evolving.
04:09It is evolving.
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