Party Charter Overhaul: North Korea has released the full text of its revised Workers’ Party charter, stripping references to “peaceful unification” and predecessor praise while expanding Kim Jong Un’s formal powers—another step toward tighter, more centralized rule. Political Prison Camp Oversight: A separate report says the regime is reorganizing control of political prison camps as the Ministry of State Security is renamed into the National Intelligence Agency, with detainees being reclassified under new terminology. MDL Flashpoints: South Korea’s editorial push focuses on repeated North Korean crossings of the Military Demarcation Line, arguing Seoul must both improve surveillance near the MDL and confront the uncomfortable question of whether it can actually stop the pattern. Nuclear Diplomacy Signals: A CSIS expert says Trump may not mind acknowledging North Korea’s nuclear status and that Pyongyang could time any summit around U.S. midterm politics. Succession Talk: South Korean intelligence claims Kim Jong Un’s daughter has entered an “unmistakable” successor track, moving the succession narrative further into the open. Regional Security Context: Japan and Mongolia agreed to expand airport cooperation and deepen security and AI coordination, with Motegi citing Mongolia’s stance on Japanese abductees by North Korea.