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The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. The Soviet Union and the United States failed to agree on a way to unify the country, and in 1948, they established ...
Kim Jong Il as supreme leader. President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. Kim Yong-nam. 김영남. (born 1928) 5 September 1998. 11 April 2019. 20 years, 218 days. Workers' Party of Korea.
Kim Il Sung[ d] ( / kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [ 4] Korean : 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; [ e][ 5] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Politics of North Korea. The Cabinet of Democratic People's Republic of Korea or North Korea ( Naegak[ 1]) is, according to the Constitution of North Korea, the administrative and executive body and a general state-management organ in the Government of North Korea. [ 2] The Cabinet's principal newspaper is Minju Choson .
North Korea, [c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [d] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Kim Jong Un[ c][ d] ( English: / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, - ˈuːn /; [ 2] born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [ e] is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. [ f] He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the second supreme leader of North ...
In the North Korean government, the Cabinet is the administrative and executive body. [ 1] The North Korean government consists of three branches: administrative, legislative, and judicial. However, they are not independent of each other, but all branches are under the exclusive political leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
The 1972 North Korean constitution stated that the president of North Korea is also the chairman of the National Defence Commission, as well as the supreme commander of the country's armed forces. [9] Kim Il Sung, who was the president of North Korea, was the chairman of the National Defence Commission from 28 December 1972 until 9 April 1993.