North Korean government

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The North Korean government is the authoritarian ruling regime of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, dominated by the Workers' Party of Korea and centered on the Kim family’s dynastic leadership.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian government
dictatorship
one-party state government
totalitarian regime
alliedWith China
surface form: People's Republic of China
allows limited market activity
capital Pyongyang
claimsLegitimacyFrom Korean War armistice outcome
claimsSovereigntyOver entire Korean Peninsula
constitutionAdopted 1972 constitution
constitutionalName North Korean government self-linksurface differs
surface form: Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
constitutionRevised 1992 constitution revision
1998 constitution revision
2009 constitution revision
2012 constitution revision
2016 constitution revision
2019 constitution revision
controls education system
judiciary
media
religious activity
coreInstitution Cabinet of North Korea
Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
Korean People's Army
Ministry of Social Security
Ministry of State Security
Organization and Guidance Department of the WPK
Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Propaganda and Agitation Department of the WPK

State Affairs Commission
Supreme People's Assembly
Workers' Party of Korea
countryGovernmentOf North Korea
surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
currentSupremeLeader Kim Jong Un
deFactoLeader Kim Jong Un
dominantParty Workers' Party of Korea
economicSystem state-planned economy
electoralSystem single-candidate elections
established 1948-09-09
firstSupremeLeader Kim Il Sung
foreignPolicyStance confrontational stance toward United States
hostility toward South Korea
self-reliance
foundedBy Kim Il Sung
governsPopulation citizens of the DPRK
governsTerritory North Korea
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers
surface form: Premier of the Cabinet
headOfStateTitle President of the State Affairs Commission
historicallyAlliedWith Soviet Union
humanRightsRecord widely condemned
ideology Juche
Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism
Songun
internetAccess highly restricted
maintains nuclear weapons program
militaryDoctrine Songun
surface form: Songun (military-first policy)
officialIdeologicalEducation Juche study
officialLanguage Korean
operates political prison camps
partyTo Korean Armistice Agreement
surface form: Korean War Armistice Agreement (de facto via military command)
politicalFreedom severely restricted
politicalSystem single-party system
pressFreedom nonexistent independent press
secondSupremeLeader Kim Jong Il
securityApparatus extensive domestic surveillance
sharesUNSeatWith South Korean government (separate seats)
shortName North Korean government self-linksurface differs
surface form: DPRK government
subjectTo extensive international sanctions
successionType hereditary leadership within Kim family
thirdSupremeLeader Kim Jong Un
UNMembership member state since 1991
usesPersonalityCultOf Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un

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Order of the National Flag awardingBody North Korean government
this entity surface form: Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
North Pyongan Province governedBy North Korean government
this entity surface form: Government of North Korea
Hero of the Republic (North Korea) awardingBody North Korean government
this entity surface form: government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex controlledBy North Korean government
this entity surface form: Government of North Korea