Workers' Party of Korea
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".
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