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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 ...
Human-rights discourse in North Korea has a history that predates the establishment of the state in 1948. Based on Marxist theory, Confucian tradition, and the Juche idea, North Korean human-rights theory regards rights as conditional rather than universal, holds that collective rights take priority over individual rights, and that welfare and subsistence rights are important.
Law and Justice in Korea: South and North. Seoul: Seoul National University Press. ISBN 978-89-521-0635-3. Kim Jong-il (1986). On Increasing Obedience to Socialist Laws, December 15, 1982. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 25030491. Sung Yoon Cho (1988). Law and Legal Literature of North Korea: A Guide. Washington: Library of ...
North Korea adopted a nationality law in 1963, 15 years after being founded on 9 September 1948. [ 1] It has since been revised in 1995 and 1999. The nationality law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) governs who is a citizen of the DPRK, and how one may gain or lose such citizenship. It prescribes citizenship qualifications ...
Most visitors to North Korea must obtain a visa in advance from one of the North Korean diplomatic missions. [ 1] All visitors holding ordinary passports (except South Korea) must obtain a visa prior to entering North Korea. All visitors (except citizens of South Korea) who travel to North Korea for tourism purposes require prior authorization ...
The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 passed the U.S. Senate on September 28, 2004, after a lengthy amendment process, and, with no further changes, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on October 4. [ 1] It was signed by President Bush on October 18, 2004. According to a statement released by the White House on October 21, 2004, the ...
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 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit was a two-day summit meeting between North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, held in Vietnam on February 27–28, 2019. The leaders had intended to hold a signing ceremony on February 28, but the summit ended without a signed agreement.