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A year later on 24 June 1949, the Workers' Party of Korea was created with the merger of the WPNK and the Workers' Party of South Korea. [21] Kim Il Sung was not the most ardent supporter of a military reunification of Korea; that role was played by the South Korean communists, headed by Pak Hon-yong. [22]
The 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was elected at the party's 8th Congress on 10 January 2021, and will sit until the convocation of the next party congress. [1] In between party congresses and specially convened conferences the Central Committee is the highest decision-making institution in the WPK and North Korea. [2]
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea is the highest organ between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the Central Committee is elected by the party congress and the party conference can be conferred the right to renew its membership composition.
North Korea's regime vowed to take up its "toughest" policies against the U.S. at a meeting of the country's ruling party last week. The Dec. 23-27 meeting featured top members of the Workers ...
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang from 5 to 12 January 2021. [1] [2] A total of 7,000 people participated in the congress including 5,000 delegates. [3] The Party Congress took place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic where no cases were reported. [4]
The office of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea was left vacant for 116 days and was later abolished. Instead, Kim Jong Un was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on 11 April 2012, and his father, Kim Jong Il, was given the appellation "Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea". [ 14 ]
The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (WPKPH, [2] Korean: 조선로동당출판사; MR: Chosŏn Rodongdang Ch'ulp'ansa) is the principal publishing house of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and one of the two main publishers in the country.
Both parties traced their origins to the Communist Party of Korea. Kim Il Sung of the Workers Party of North Korea became the party Chairman [citation needed] and Pak Hon-yong, who had been leader of the Workers Party of South Korea as well as the earlier Communist Party of Korea, and Ho Ka-i [3] [4] [5] becoming deputy chairmen.