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The government is dominated by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and has been since North Korea's inception in 1948. The Cabinet has the right to supervise and control the Local People's Committee (LPC,지방인민위원회) with regard to local economies and administration. As the State Administrative Council (SAC,정무원) was ...
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.
The governments of both North and South Korea claim to be the sole legitimate government of the whole of Korea. The Korean War in the 1950s failed to resolve the issue, leaving North Korea locked in a military confrontation with South Korea and the United States Forces Korea across the Demilitarized Zone .
Current status. Online. Naenara ( Korean : 내나라; lit. my country) [ 1] is the official web portal of the North Korean government. [ 3] It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. [ 4] The portal's categories include politics, tourism, music, foreign trade, arts, press, information technology, history, and "Korea is One".
The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( Korean : 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의헌법) is the constitution of North Korea. It was approved by the 6th Supreme People's Assembly at its first session on 27 December 1972, and has been amended and supplemented in 1998, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 ...
The Supreme People's Assembly ( SPA; Korean : 최고인민회의; MR : Ch’oego Inmin Hoeŭi) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified power. However, in practice it is a rubber ...
t. e. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 외무성) is the government ministry of North Korea, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is in charge of the ministry. In addition to the foreign minister, the ...
Politics of North Korea. North Korea has diplomatic relations with 160 states. The country's foreign relations have been dominated by its conflict with South Korea and its historical ties to the Soviet Union. Both the government of North Korea and the government of South Korea claim to be the sole legitimate government of the whole of Korea.