Workers' Party of Korea

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Juche-oriented party Marxist–Leninist party communist party ruling political party

The Workers' Party of Korea is the ruling communist party of North Korea, dominating the country's political system and state ideology since its establishment.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Workers’ Party of Korea 10
North Korea's ruling party 1
Workers' Party of Korea Congress 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Juche-oriented party ⓘ
Marxist–Leninist party ⓘ
communist party ⓘ
ruling political party ⓘ
abbreviation WPK ⓘ
allowsSatelliteParties yes ⓘ
constitutionalRole guiding force of the state ⓘ
controls North Korean government ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of North Korea

Korean People's Army ⓘ
Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
state media of North Korea ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
currentGeneralSecretary Kim Jong Un ⓘ
dominates political system of North Korea ⓘ
state ideology of North Korea ⓘ
firstLeader Kim Il Sung ⓘ
flag flag of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Workers' Party of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Workers' Party of North Korea

Workers' Party of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Workers' Party of South Korea
founder Kim Il Sung ⓘ
foundingDate 1949-06-30 ⓘ
hasMassOrganization General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ⓘ
Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League ⓘ
surface form: Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League

Korean Democratic Women's Union ⓘ
Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea ⓘ
hasParamilitaryWing Worker-Peasant Red Guards ⓘ
hasPosition General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
hasYouthWing Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League ⓘ
headquartersBuilding WPK Central Committee building ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pyongyang ⓘ
ideology Juche ⓘ
Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism ⓘ
Songun ⓘ
communism ⓘ
isRulingPartyIn North Korea ⓘ
surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
legalStatus leading party of society and state in North Korea ⓘ
membershipType single-party dominant ⓘ
nativeName Workers' Party of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 조선로동당
nativeNameLanguage Korean ⓘ
officialName Workers' Party of Korea self-link ⓘ
partOf Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea ⓘ
partyNewspaper Rodong Sinmun ⓘ
partySchool Kim Il Sung Higher Party School ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
previousGeneralSecretary Kim Il Sung ⓘ
Kim Jong Il ⓘ
satelliteParty Chondoist Chongu Party ⓘ
Korean Social Democratic Party ⓘ
symbol hammer, hoe and brush emblem ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean People's Army → allegiance → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Chuch’e → associatedWith → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Kim Jong-suk → associatedWith → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim Jong Un → controls → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Workers' Party of Korea → formedByMergerOf → Workers' Party of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers' Party of North Korea
Workers' Party of Korea → formedByMergerOf → Workers' Party of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers' Party of South Korea
Kim Il Sung → founderOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Pyongyang → governingParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Central Committee → historicallyNotableIn → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Workers' Party of Korea Congress
this entity surface form: North Korea's ruling party
Kim Jong Un → leaderOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Mangyongdae → maintainedBy → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Choe Yong-gon → memberOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Kim Chaek → memberOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Kim Jong Un → memberOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim Tok Hun → memberOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
North Korean General Nam Il → memberOf → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
subject surface form: Nam Il
Kim Kyong-hui → memberOfPoliticalParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim Pyong-il → memberOfPoliticalParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim Yong-il → memberOfPoliticalParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
North Korea → nationalSymbol → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea emblem
Workers' Party of Korea → nativeName → Workers' Party of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 조선로동당
Workers' Party of Korea → officialName → Workers' Party of Korea self-link ⓘ
Kim Sung-ae → politicalAffiliation → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Kim Tok Hun → politicalAlignment → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim Il Sung → politicalParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim Jong Il → politicalParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Kim dynasty → politicalParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Juché → propagatedBy → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
subject surface form: Juche
North Korea → rulingParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
North Korean constitution → rulingParty → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Soviet Civil Administration in Korea → supported → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of North Korea
Songun → usedBy → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
Mangyongdae → visitedBy → Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers' Party of Korea members