The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the ruling political party of 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 (1912–1994), his son, Kim Jong-il (beginning in 1997, when he officially took over as General Secretary until his death in 2011) and Kim Jong Il′s youngest son Kim Jong-un who was elected First Secretary of the W...
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The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the ruling political party of 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 (1912–1994), his son, Kim Jong-il (beginning in 1997, when he officially took over as General Secretary until his death in 2011) and Kim Jong Il′s youngest son Kim Jong-un who was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the 4th party conference held on April 11, 2012.
According to North Korean sources, the origins of the Workers' Party of Korea can be traced to the Down-With-Imperialism Union, which was supposedly founded on October 17, 1926 and led by Kim Il-sung, then 14 years old. It is described in these sources as "the first genuine revolutionary communist organization in Korea." The Workers' Party of North Korea was formed on 29 August, 1946 from a merger between the Communist Party of North Korea and the New Democratic Party...
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