Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Political headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea

The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea serves as the party's supreme authority between national congresses, with hundreds of members meeting regularly to coordinate decisions. This body functions as the primary decision-making organ for implementing the party line across all state institutions.

The organization was founded in 1946 at the first Congress of the Workers' Party, establishing centralized political authority from the start. Over decades, it has become the principal mechanism through which the party leadership directs state policy and maintains control over government institutions.

Decisions of plenary sessions are published as "resolutions" or "decisions", the public face of the body's work. The committee operates on the Monolithic Ideological System and the Great Leader theory, and its charter requires at least one plenary session a year, summoned by the Politburo. The 8th Congress in 2021 elected 250 members.

The Central Committee is not a permanent body; the Politburo summons it for plenary sessions, which the party charter says should be held at least once a year. It has no public visiting site, and no building open to tourists is documented. Its decisions are published as "resolutions" or "decisions".

Between 1993 and 2010, the Central Committee did not convene for any plenary sessions, creating a 37-year gap between the 6th and 7th Congress.