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
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.
Supreme People's Assembly
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The Supreme People's Assembly is the highest state organ of power of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea according to the country's Constitution. Under the principle of unified power, it is the
Workers' Party of Korea
…oldest active party in Korea. It also controls the Korean People's Army, North Korea's armed forces. The WPK is the largest party represented in the Supreme People's Assembly and coexists with two other legal parties, the Chondoist Chongu Party and the Korean Social Democratic Party, that are completely subservient to the…
Mansudae Assembly Hall