North Korea has officially announced that it will hold its 9th Workers' Party congress in Pyongyang at the end of February 2026, marking the first such event since 2021. The announcement was made by the state news agency KCNA, stating that the decision was made unanimously by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party. The congress is anticipated to clarify plans for enhancing the nation’s nuclear deterrent, an issue Kim Jong Un emphasized during early January.