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North Korea's parliament has approved changes to the country's constitution to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's role as head of state, official state media said on Thursday. The move comes after Kim ...
North Korea has amended its constitution to bolster and expand its nuclear force, with leader Kim Jong Un pointing to the growing cooperation between the United States, South Korea and Japan as ...
According to the Central Election Guidance Committee, the turnout of the election was 99.63%, slightly decreased from 99.98% four years ago, [6] with 0.37% of the population not voting due to being overseas and 0.000078% abstaining from the election. In the provincial assembly elections, 99.91% of votes were in support, with 0.09% against; 99. ...
Previously, the candidates were solely picked by the WPK, and this change would mark the first competitive elections in North Korea since 1948. [14] The local elections would also drop using the voting system where the voter would cross off the candidate's name to vote against them, switching to using two different colored ballot boxes for ...
The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의헌법) is the constitution of North Korea. It was approved by the 6th Supreme People's Assembly at its first session on 27 December 1972, and has been amended and supplemented in 1998, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has designated South Korea a "hostile state", its state media said on Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with their ...
15 October – North Korea blows up sections of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads leading to the DMZ. [33] 17 October – North Korea revises its constitution to formally designate South Korea as a "hostile" state. [34] 24 October – A balloon from North Korea carrying rubbish lands on the Presidential Residence of South Korea in Yongsan, Seoul. [35]
The Workers' Party of Korea, which the constitution recognizes as the state's leading party, dominates the Assembly in a monopoly coalition with the Social Democratic Party and the Chondoist Chongu Party called the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea. Elections are held in five-year intervals, the most recent in 2019.