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{{Infobox political party|name=Workers' Party of Korea|logo=File:WPK symbol.png|founded=24 June 1949|abbreviation=WPK|leader1_title=General Secretary|leader1_name=[[Kim Jong Un]] | presidium=[[Kim Jong Un]] <br>[[Kim Tok-hun]]<br>[[Choe Ryong-hae]]<br>[[Ri Pyong-chol]]<br>[[Jo Yong-won]]||headquarters=Government Complex No. 1, Chung-guyok, [[Pyongyang]]|newspaper=''[[Rodong Sinmun]]''|youth_wing=[[Socialist Patriotic Youth League]]|political_orientation=[[Revisionism]]<br>[[Juche]]<br>[[Songun]]<br>[[Social-Fascism]]<br>[[Racialism]]<br>[[Korean Nationalism]]}} | {{Infobox political party|name=Workers' Party of Korea|logo=File:WPK symbol.png|founded=24 June 1949|abbreviation=WPK|leader1_title=General Secretary|leader1_name=[[Kim Jong Un]] | presidium=[[Kim Jong Un]] <br>[[Kim Tok-hun]]<br>[[Choe Ryong-hae]]<br>[[Ri Pyong-chol]]<br>[[Jo Yong-won]]||headquarters=Government Complex No. 1, Chung-guyok, [[Pyongyang]]|newspaper=''[[Rodong Sinmun]]''|youth_wing=[[Socialist Patriotic Youth League]]|political_orientation=[[Revisionism]]<br>[[Juche]]<br>[[Songun]]<br>[[Social-Fascism]]<br>[[Racialism]]<br>[[Nationalism|Korean Nationalism]]}} | ||
The '''Workers' Party of Korea''' is the [[revisionist]] ruling [[Political Party|party]] in the | The '''Workers' Party of Korea''' is the [[revisionist]] ruling [[Political Party|party]] in the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]].<ref>https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/index.htm</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
The Workers' Party of Korea was originally founded in the year of 1949. The foundation was made through the Communist Party of Korea and the North Korean Branch which later on emerged in to the Workers' Party of Korea. During the period before the [[Destalinization]] the Workers' Party of Korea kept [[Marxism-Leninism]] as it leading form. In the years of the 1970's, the Workers' Party of Korea slowly adopted [[Nationalism|Nationalist]] principles calling it ''Nationalism of the oppressed''. After the death of [[Kim Il Sung]], the Party departed further from [[Marxism-Leninism]] and started to turn towards [[Third-positionism]] following the claims that [[Kim Jong Il]] made on [[Nationalism]] and on ''[[Racism|Races]]''. | |||
==Modern day== | |||
The modern day Workers' Party of Korea, is following a new type of Jucheism. The fourth party conference, held in 2012, amended the party rules to state that Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism was "the only guiding idea of the party". | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* [https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801487565/the-north-korean-revolution-1945-1950/ Armstrong, Charles K. ''The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950''. Cornell University Press, 2003.] | |||
* [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/kim-il-sung/9780231060678 Suh, Dae-Sook. ''Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader''. Columbia University Press, 1988.] | |||
* [https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/from-stalin-to-kim-il-sung/9780813530764 Lankov, Andrei. ''From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960''. Rutgers University Press, 2002.] | |||
* [https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-cleanest-race/ Myers, Brian R. ''The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters''. Melville House, 2010.] | |||
* [https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520022699/communism-in-korea Scalapino, Robert A., and Lee, Chong-Sik. ''Communism in Korea: The Movement''. University of California Press, 1972.] | |||
* [https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/destalinization-and-the-origins-north-koreas-juche Person, James F. “Destalinization and the Origins of North Korea’s Juche.” ''Cold War International History Project Working Paper'', No. 52, Woodrow Wilson Center, 2006.] | |||
* Kim, Il Sung. ''On the Juche Idea''. Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1982. | |||
* [https://www.routledge.com/Leader-Symbols-and-Personality-Cult-in-North-Korea-The-Leader-State/Lim/p/book/9781138859496 Lim, Jae-Cheon. ''Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea: The Leader State''. Routledge, 2015.] | |||
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2759270 Rozman, Gilbert. “Nationalism and the North Korean State.” ''Pacific Affairs'', Vol. 63, No. 4 (1990), pp. 507–523.] | |||
* [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/north-korea/markets-and-military-rule/ Smith, Hazel. ''North Korea: Markets and Military Rule''. Cambridge University Press, 2015.] | |||
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[[Category:Revisionist parties]][[Category:Juche]][[Category:Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:51, 16 November 2025
Workers' Party of Korea | |
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| Abbreviation | WPK |
| Presidium |
Kim Jong Un Kim Tok-hun Choe Ryong-hae Ri Pyong-chol Jo Yong-won |
| General Secretary | Kim Jong Un |
| Founded | 24 June 1949 |
| Headquarters | Government Complex No. 1, Chung-guyok, Pyongyang |
| Newspaper | Rodong Sinmun |
| Youth wing | Socialist Patriotic Youth League |
| Political orientation |
Revisionism Juche Songun Social-Fascism Racialism Korean Nationalism |
The Workers' Party of Korea is the revisionist ruling party in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.[1]
History
The Workers' Party of Korea was originally founded in the year of 1949. The foundation was made through the Communist Party of Korea and the North Korean Branch which later on emerged in to the Workers' Party of Korea. During the period before the Destalinization the Workers' Party of Korea kept Marxism-Leninism as it leading form. In the years of the 1970's, the Workers' Party of Korea slowly adopted Nationalist principles calling it Nationalism of the oppressed. After the death of Kim Il Sung, the Party departed further from Marxism-Leninism and started to turn towards Third-positionism following the claims that Kim Jong Il made on Nationalism and on Races.
Modern day
The modern day Workers' Party of Korea, is following a new type of Jucheism. The fourth party conference, held in 2012, amended the party rules to state that Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism was "the only guiding idea of the party".