Workers' Party of Korea

The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It is also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP). The WPK has been the ruling party in the DPRK since its foundation and has had as its leaders, Kim Il Sung (1949-1994) and his son, Kim Jong Il (beginning in 1997, when he officially took over as general secretary). Kim Ki-Nam is the current Secretary of the Central Committee, as of October 2007. The party is widely viewed by foreigners as Stalinist and is the closest thing to a traditional Stalinist ruling party in the world today. However, the WPK claims to have its own distinct ideology (Juche) which it considers to be superior to Marxism-Leninism.

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Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the WPK

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