Woo, Jongseok
This paper takes note of the continuity and changes of the North Korea's suryong dictatorial system, and elucidates the informal political system of North Korea focusing on the systematic corruption of "power-wealth symbiosis." The following are the main outcomes of this study. First, the comman...
The North Korean authorities have reportedly ordered the expansion of political prison camps in the country. A source told Daily NK that North Korea, having declared war on the so-called “anti-socialist and non-socialist phenomenon” during the recent Eighth Party Congress, intends to overhaul it...
Seen on the platform were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the SPA, and Pak Pong Ju, ...
North Korea has always been a closed society, but this is even more true since the beginning of the pandemic. What does the state say? To understand how the North Korean government sees the agricultural situation, it’s worth looking in-depth at the summary report published by Rodong ...
; North Korea’s Uranus (at the Aries Point!!!) is tightly conjunct the USA Jupiter (chart ruler) and Venus (culture shock, North Korea alienating the USA); North Korea’s Neptune sits on the USA Saturn (concerns over political ideology, particularly Communism versus Free Market Capitalism)...
North Korea - Politics, Economy, Society: The first constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was promulgated in 1948 and was replaced with a new constitution in 1972. Revisions were made in 1992, 1998, 2009, and 2016. The 1998 amendment
and Hamgyŏng and the northern parts ofKangwŏnand Kyŏnggi provinces. Each province not only was a political unit but also had characteristics of a cultural region in terms ofdialect, customs, and way of life. North Korea may also be divided into the two larger traditional regions: Kwans...
North Gyeongsang is a province in eastern South Korea. It is bounded to the east by the East Sea (Sea of Japan), to the south by South Gyeongsang province, to the west by the provinces of North Jeolla and North Chungcheong, and to the north by Gangwon pr
South Korea The First Republic, established in August 1948, adopted a presidential system, andSyngman Rheewas subsequently elected its first president. South Korea also adopted a National Security Law, which effectively prohibited groups that opposed the state or expressions of support forNorth Korea....