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.
The Kim family is the three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung. Officially known as the Mount Paektu Bloodline in the id
Kim Il sung in 1950
Vladimir Putin with Kim Jong Il 2