The Workers' Party of Korea, listed in the Factbook archive as the Korean Workers' Party and abbreviated KWP, is the ruling party of North Korea, which the archive classifies as a dictatorship and single-party communist state. The archive names it the major party and says it controls the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, as well as the minor Chondoist Chongu Party and Social Democratic Party. It adds that the Supreme People's Assembly, with 687 directly elected seats, functions as a rubberstamp legislature and that the Korean Workers' Party selects all candidates.
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1. Workers' Party of Korea (CIA World Factbook archive, North Korea)
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major parties: Korean Workers' Party or KWP (formally known as Workers' Party of Korea) General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon; under KWP control) minor parties: Chondoist Chongu Party (under KWP control) Social Democratic Party or KSDP (under KWP control)
In Group: Ruling Parties of Single-Party States, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: dictatorship, single-party communist state
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The Workers’ Party of Korea was formed on 10 October 1945 in the immediate aftermath of the defeat of Japan in World War 2.
Kim Jong Un (Wikipedia)
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Kim Jong Un (born 8 January c. 1982-1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has been serving as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. He is the third ruler from the Kim family to lead the country, which was founded by his grandfather Kim Il Sung. Kim holds the positions of general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs Commission, as well as the highest offices in the Korean People's Army.
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