leadership of Workers' Party of Korea

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The leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea is the ruling political elite of North Korea, centered around the Kim family and its top party organs, which exercises dominant control over the state, military, and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political leadership
ruling elite
basisOfLegitimacy personality cult of Kim family
revolutionary heritage of Kim Il Sung NERFINISHED
state ideology of Juche
centeredOn Chairman of the State Affairs Commission NERFINISHED
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
consolidatedUnder Kim Il Sung NERFINISHED
controls Korean People's Army NERFINISHED
Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
internal security services of North Korea
state apparatus of North Korea
country North Korea
currentLeader Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED
deFactoLeader Kim Il Sung NERFINISHED
Kim Jong Il NERFINISHED
Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED
dominantFamily Kim family NERFINISHED
furtherCentralizedUnder Kim Jong Il NERFINISHED
governsThrough centralized planning
mass organizations
party-state fusion
security apparatus
historicalOrigin post-World War II Soviet-backed communist movement in Korea
ideology Juche
Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism
Songun NERFINISHED
influences North Korean economy
North Korean media
North Korean society
internationalPerception dynastic dictatorship
highly secretive
keyOrgan Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
partOf Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED
politicalPosition authoritarian
far-left
totalitarian
politicalSystemRole core of North Korean one-party system
successionPattern hereditary succession within Kim family
usesMechanism party conferences
party congresses
plenary meetings of the Central Committee NERFINISHED

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Chondoist Chongu Party subjectTo leadership of Workers' Party of Korea
Marshal of the Republic associatedWith leadership of Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea leadership
Ri Sol Ju associatedWith leadership of Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Workers' Party of Korea leadership
Vice Premier of North Korea appointedOnAdviceOf leadership of Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Workers' Party of Korea leadership