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In the North Korean government, the Cabinet is the administrative and executive body. [1] The North Korean government consists of three branches: administrative, legislative, and judicial . However, they are not independent of each other, but all branches are under the exclusive political leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
The governments of both North and South Korea claim to be the sole legitimate government of the whole of Korea. The Korean War in the 1950s failed to resolve the issue, leaving North Korea locked in a military confrontation with South Korea and the United States Forces Korea across the Demilitarized Zone .
In North Korea's first constitution, adopted in 1948, the executive powers were vested in the Cabinet, chaired by Kim Il Sung himself. The 1972 constitution saw the establishment of the post of President of North Korea which led the executive branch, and the cabinet was split into two organizations: The Central People's Committee ( Korean ...
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is formally a one-party state under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) as the sole governing party. There are also two other minor parties that must accept the WPK's " leading role " as a condition of their existence.
The North Korean government rejects the human rights abuse claims, [281] [282] [283] calling them a smear campaign and a human rights racket made to topple the government. [284] [285] [286] In a 2014 report to the UN, North Korea dismissed accusations of atrocities as wild rumors. [281]
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; Korean: 최고인민회의; MR: Ch'oego Inmin Hoeŭi) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified power.
The North Korean government denied being involved but Kuk-Song's testimony says otherwise. Kuk-Song also claimed he used to be in command of several spies who reached as high as the South Korean ...
Naenara (Korean: 내나라; lit. my country) [1] is the official web portal of the North Korean government. [3] It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. [4] The portal's categories include politics, tourism, music, foreign trade, arts, press, information technology, history, and "Korea is One". [5]