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| Introduction - Korea, North: | | Location - Korea, North: | | People - Korea, North: | | Government - Korea, North: | Country name | conventional long form: Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
conventional short form: North Korea
local long form: Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
local short form: Choson
abbreviation: DPRK | | Government type | Communist state one-man dictatorship | | Capital | name: Pyongyang
geographic coordinates: 39 01 N, 125 45 E
time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) | | Administrative divisions | 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities (si, singular and plural)
provinces: Chagang-do (Chagang), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong), Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong), Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae), Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae), Kangwon-do (Kangwon), Pyongan-bukto (North Pyongan), Pyongan-namdo (South Pyongan), Yanggang-do (Yanggang)
municipalities: Kaesong-si (Kaesong), Najin Sonbong-si (Najin), Nampo-si (Nampo), Pyongyang-si (Pyongyang) | | Independence | 15 August 1945 (from Japan) | | National holiday | Founding of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948) | | Constitution | adopted 1948; completely revised 27 December 1972, revised again in April 1992, and September 1998 | | Legal system | based on Prussian civil law system with Japanese influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction | | Suffrage | 17 years of age; universal | | Executive branch | chief of state: KIM Jong Il (since July 1994); note - on 3 September 2003, rubberstamp Supreme Peoples Assembly (SPA) reelected KIM Jong Il chairman of the National Defense Commission, a position accorded nations highest administrative authority; SPA reelected KIM Yong Nam president of its Presidium also with responsibility of representing state and receiving diplomatic credentials
head of government: Premier KIM Yong Il (since 11 April 2007); Vice Premiers KWAK Pom Gi (since 5 September 1998), JON Sung Hun (since 3 September 2003), RO Tu Chol (since 3 September 2003)
cabinet: Naegak (cabinet) members, except for Minister of Peoples Armed Forces, are appointed by SPA
elections: last held in September 2003 (next to be held in September 2008)
election results: KIM Jong Il and KIM Yong Nam were only nominees for positions and ran unopposed | | Legislative branch | unicameral Supreme Peoples Assembly or Choego Inmin Hoeui (687 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 3 August 2003 (next to be held in August 2008)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; ruling party approves a list of candidates who are elected without opposition; some seats are held by minor parties | | Judicial branch | Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme Peoples Assembly) | | Political parties and leaders | major party - Korean Workers Party or KWP [KIM Jong Il]; minor parties - Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU Mi Yong] (under KWP control), Social Democratic Party [KIM Yong Dae] (under KWP control) | | Political pressure groups and leaders | none | | International organization participation | ARF, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO | | Diplomatic representation in the us | none; North Korea has a Permanent Mission to the UN in New York | | Diplomatic representation from the us | none; note - Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang represents the US as consular protecting power | | Flag description | three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007
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