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On 24 June 1949, the party merged with the Workers' Party of North Korea, forming the Workers' Party of Korea. [6] The WPNK leader Kim Il Sung became party chairman, whereas Pak Hon-yong became deputy chairman. In the Korean War, 60,000 to 200,000 members of the party and suspected communist supporters, many of them civilians, were massacred by ...
A year later on 24 June 1949, the Workers' Party of Korea was created with the merger of the WPNK and the Workers' Party of South Korea. [21] Kim Il Sung was not the most ardent supporter of a military reunification of Korea; that role was played by the South Korean communists, headed by Pak Hon-yong. [22]
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of South Korea (WPSK) was elected by the party congress on 24 November 1946 through the merger of the Communist Party of South Korea, New People's Party of Korea and a faction of the People's Party of Korea, [1] and remained in session until the merger of the WPSK with the Workers' Party of North Korea on 24 June 1949. [2]
Both parties traced their origins to the Communist Party of Korea. Kim Il Sung of the Workers Party of North Korea became the party Chairman [citation needed] and Pak Hon-yong, who had been leader of the Workers Party of South Korea as well as the earlier Communist Party of Korea, and Ho Ka-i [3] [4] [5] becoming deputy chairmen.
The office of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea was left vacant for 116 days and was later abolished. Instead, Kim Jong Un was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on 11 April 2012, and his father, Kim Jong Il, was given the appellation "Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea". [ 14 ]
The 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was elected at the party's 8th Congress on 10 January 2021, and will sit until the convocation of the next party congress. [1] In between party congresses and specially convened conferences the Central Committee is the highest decision-making institution in the WPK and North Korea. [ 2 ]
Preparatory Committee for National Construction → People's Party of Korea → People's Labor Party (1945–1950) Workers' Party of South Korea (1946–1953, banned) Korean Social Democratic Party (조선사회민주당, banned) Socialist Party (1951–1953) Progressive Party (1956–1958, banned) United Socialist Party of Korea (1961–1967 ...
The 4th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), referred to by Kim Il Sung as the "Congress of Victors", was held in Pyongyang, North Korea, from 11 to 18 September 1961. The congress is the highest organ of the party, and is stipulated to be held every four years. 1,657 voting and 73 non-voting delegates represented the party's ...