The Socialist Women's Union of Korea is a mass organization for women in North Korea. Founded in 1945, it is the oldest and one of the most important mass organizations in the country.
Pak Chong-ae, the first chairperson of the North Korean Central Committee of the Union speaks at a rally for the local elections in North Korea held 3rd Nov. 1946.
Workers' Party of Korea
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The Workers' Party of Korea is the ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is the oldest act
Socialist Women's Union of Korea
…The North Korean branch of the Union, the North Korea Democratic Women's League, was established on 18 November 1945 as part of an effort by the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea to enroll as many people as possible as members of communist-controlled mass organizations in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. It was the…
Propaganda mosaic depicting Kim Il Sung's first public speech given in Pyongyang in September 1945, after the liberation of Korea from Japanese occupation.
Although Kim Jong Il headed the WPK with no pretence of following the party rules, it was revitalized at the 3rd Conference at the end of his rule.
The Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, erected in 1995
Kim Jong Un became the leader of the party following his father's death in 2011.