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3rd Conference Of The Workers' Party Of Korea
The 3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea was held in Pyongyang on September 28, 2010. The meeting elected the highest authority of the Workers' Party of Korea, and revised the party charter. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il also attended the meeting. A plenary meeting of the Central Auditing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the September 2010 plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea were held earlier on the same day. Overview According to Xinhuanet's report from the North Korean Central News Agency, after the start of the plenary session on September 28, 2010, Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a report on the election of Kim Jong Il for the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. After discussion, the delegates unanimously supported and passed Kim Jong Il's proposal to be re-elected as the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. According to the Charter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Congress Of The Workers' Party Of Korea
The 3rd Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in Pyongyang, North Korea, from 23–29 April 1956. The congress is the highest organ of the party, and is stipulated to be held every four years. 916 delegates represented the party's 1,164,945 members. The 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, 3rd Central Committee, elected by the congress, reelected Kim Il Sung as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, WPK Chairman, and a number of deputy chairmen. Background The 17th Plenary Session of the 2nd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, 2nd Central Committee decided on 3 December 1955 that the 3rd Congress would be held in April 1956, two months after the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), in which de-Stalinization became the Soviet Union's official policy. Choe Yong-gon (army commander), Choe Yong-gon, a partisan close to Kim Il Sung, attended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ki-nam (politician)
Kim Ki-nam (; 28 August 1929 – 7 May 2024) was a North Korean official. He served as Vice Chairman (previously Secretary) of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department from 1989 until 2017, responsible for coordinating the country's press, media, fine arts, and publishing to support government policy. He was also a vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, in which capacity he led numerous visits to the South, and served several terms in the Supreme People's Assembly, to which he was first elected in November 1977. Biography Kim Ki-nam was born in Anda, Heilongjiang, China on 28 August 1929. A graduate from the Kim Il Sung University and Soviet party schools, at first he worked in foreign affairs (being North Korea's ambassador to Beijing in the early 1950s) before moving to the Propaganda and Agitation Department where he became deputy director in 1966. In 1974, he was appointed editor of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak To-chun
General Pak To-chun (; 9 March 1944 – 27 July 2022) was a politician of North Korea. According to his official biography, Pak was born in Jagang Province in 1944 and joined the Korean People's Army in 1960 (becoming a general in 2012). He later graduated from the exclusive Kim Il-sung Higher Party School and worked in a number of party posts in factories and mines. He was first elected to the Supreme People's Assembly in 1998. He ascended to leading provincial posts in the late 1990s, becoming chief secretary of the Jagang Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 2005. He oversaw the modernization of the province's arms-production facilities and the building of the Huichon Power Station, highlighted as models for "the building of a thriving nation." In September 2010 he was made WPK Central Committee member at the 3rd Party Conference, and jumped to the leadership core as Politburo alternate and secretary for military affairs. He was also elected to the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mun Kyong-dok
Mun Kyong-dok (; born October 12, 1957) is a North Korean politician who served as the chief Party secretary of Pyongyang from 2010 to 2014, and the Party chief of North Pyongan Province from 2018 to 2023. Biography Born in 1957 in Taesong-guyok, Pyongyang. In October 1973, he joined the Korean People's Army, graduated from Kim Il Sung University, and became a political economy expert. He started working with Jang Song-thaek at the Workers' Party Committee in Pyongyang in the 1970s. He worked in the Kim Il Sung Youth League in the 1980s, where he had responsibility over Red Youth Guards. He became the vice chairman of the Youth League in 1991. Mun later transferred to the WPK Organization and Guidance Department together with Jang, where he eventually became the section chief and vice director in 1997. Mun was critical for building political loyalty for Jang, and travelled with him to a study tour in South Korea in 2002. In July 2010, he was appointed as the chief secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choe Ryong-hae
Choe Ryong-hae (; born 15 January 1950) is a North Korean politician and military officer who currently serves as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission, holding both positions since April 2019. He is also a member of the Presidium of the Politburo and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He also served as Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's military second-in-command, currently being third top-ranking official in North Korea after Kim Jong Un and premier Pak Thae-song. Early life Choe Ryong-hae was born in Sinchon County, South Hwanghae Province, on 15 January 1950, to Choe Hyon, who fought as a guerrilla affiliated Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army alongside Kim Il Sung and subsequently served as defence minister of North Korea. As such, Choe is considered a second-generation revolutionary from a privileged background. He joined the Korean People's Army (KPA) in 1967 and grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Song-thaek
Jang Song-thaek (January or February 1946 – 12 December 2013) was a North Korean politician. He was married to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korean premier Kim Il Sung and his first wife Kim Jong Suk, and only sister of North Korean general secretary Kim Jong Il. He was therefore the uncle of the current leader of North Korea by marriage, Kim Jong Un. The extent of Jang Song-thaek's power and position has not been confirmed in the West. However, in 2008 South Korean government officials and academic North Korea experts suggested that he had ''de facto'' leadership over North Korea while Kim Jong Il's health was declining and when Kim subsequently died. Jang was a vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, a position considered second only to that of the supreme leader. He is believed to have been promoted to four-star general around the time of Kim Jong-Il's death in December 2011, as his first appearance in uniform was while visiting Kim lying in sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Yong-il (politician, Born 1947)
Kim Yong-il (, 17 March 1947 – September / October 2023) was a North Korean high-ranking diplomat and politician. , he was the Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea. Life and career Yong-il graduated from Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies. In 1975, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the North Korean. He belonged to the International Affairs Department. In 1985, he was appointed Counsellor at the Embassy in Algeria. In March 1990, he was appointed Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In July 1990, he served as an adviser to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly. In January 1993, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. In January 1996, he was appointed Ambassador of the DPRK to Libya and concurrently served as Ambassador to Malta, Tunisia and Algeria. In January 2000, he was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. At Japan–North Korea Pyongyang Declaration held in 2002, also at the Japan-Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Yang-gon
Kim Yang-gon (, 24 April 1942 – 29 December 2015) was a North Korean politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Early career Kim Yang-gon started his political career as a vice-director of the party's International Liaison Department in 1986, and during this time he also oversaw relations with Japan as head of the DPRK-Japan Friendship Association. He was a recipient of the top Order of Kim Il-sung in 1995. He was promoted to director in 1997 and visited China multiple times during his tenure. In 2005 he also received a position as "councilor" to the National Defence Commission. Promotion Several months after the death of Rim Tong-ok, Kim Yang-gon, considered a confidant to Kim Jong-il, was appointed to replace him as director of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party in March 2007. His first assignment as head of relations with South Korea was a visit to Seoul in November to discuss rapprochement measures with Unification Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Workers' Party
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is the oldest active party in Korea. It also controls the Korean People's Army, North Korea's armed forces. The WPK is the largest party represented in the Supreme People's Assembly and coexists with two other legal parties that are completely subservient to the WPK and must accept the WPK's " leading role" as a condition of their existence. The WPK is banned in South Korea under the National Security Act and is sanctioned by the United Nations, the European Union, Australia, and the United States. Officially, the WPK is a communist party guided by Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, a synthesis of the ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.: "Our Party never expects that there will be any fortuitous opportunity for us in paving the road for our p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Sok-hyong
Hong Sok-hyong () is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was secretary of the WPK Central Committee and Director of the WPK Planning and Finance Department. Biography Born in Seoul in 1936 during the Japanese occupation. After graduating from college, he received a degree in metallurgy. He was Vice President of Seongjin Steelworks Technology, 1st Vice of the Metal Industry Department, Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex., 2nd Secretary of the North Hamgyong Province North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province. Geography The province is bordered by China (Jilin) to the north, S ..., and Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex (2001–2010), served as the head of the Party Central Committee. And since September 2010, he has been secretary of the WPK Central Committee and director of the WPK Planning and Finance Department. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ju Sang-song
Ju Sang-song ( born August 1933) is a North Korean politician and former Minister of People's Security. Biography Ju Sang-song was born in Kangwon-do Province in 1933, joined the Korean People's Army in June 1951, and later attended the Kim Il Sung Military University. During his career, he served as senior operations staff officer of an army corps, brigade commander, divisional commander, chief of staff of regional headquarters, commander of an army corps and inspector of the General Staff."Profiles of Presidium and Members of Political Bureau" KCNA, 29 September 2010. In 1970 he was elected alternate member of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Yong-mu
Ri Yong-mu (; 25 January 1925 – 27 January 2022) was a North Korean senior official who was a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea and vice-marshal of the Korean People's Army. He was the oldest member of the central leadership of North Korea. Biography Ri was born in Pyongyang, South Pyo'ngan Province, Pyo'ngso'ng in Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Empire of Japan on 25 January 1925. He attended the second central political school. Under Kim Il Sung (1948–1994) After the establishment of North Korea, Ri was named military attache to the North Korean embassy in the People's Republic of China. In 1964 he was made first vice-chairman of the Politburo of the Korean People's Army (not to be confused with the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea) and promoted to lieutenant general. At the 5th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, 5th Congress of the Workers' Party in 1970 he was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
