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  Politics of North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Korea's political system is built upon the principle of centralization.
North Korea is widely considered a communist country in the Western world, but the government has formally replaced references to Marxism in its constitution with the locally developed concept of Juche, or self-reliance.
In theory, North Korea's judiciary is accountable to the SPA and the president.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_North_Korea   (1501 words)

  
 North Korea
North Korea has said that the present rods are the original rods that were placed in 1986 and that they are almost spent, necessitating their replacement.
North Korea was, and in some ways remains, a classic Cold War state, driven by the demands of the long-standing conflict with the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea), and the United States and its allies.
North Korea was a state forged in warfare: by a civil struggle fought at the beginning of the regime and by a vicious fratricidal war fought while the system was still in infancy.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/north-korea/all.html   (18591 words)

  
 North Korea (11/05)
North Korea's 1972 constitution was amended in late 1992 and in September 1998.
North Korea's faltering economy and the breakdown of trade relations with the countries of the former socialist bloc--especially following the fall of communism in eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union--left Pyongyang confronted with difficult policy choices.
North Korea suffers from chronic food shortages, which were exacerbated by record floods in the summer of 1995 and continued shortages of fertilizer and parts.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm   (7229 words)

  
 Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
This Thursday and Friday in Washington, meanwhile, South Korea and the US have been holding their eighth round of talks on the future of the alliance and on moving the Yongsan garrison out of Seoul, where its presence is deeply resented.
South Korea is investing great sums in certain limited but high-profile military platforms, including advanced US F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft, and has ambitious plans to construct by 2012 a naval fleet of six 4,200-ton destroyers, three 7,000-ton destroyers and state-of-the-art submarines, all with the most advanced US Aegis combat systems and stealth technology.
The primary impediments to peninsular and regional peace are the nation's leadership and its less-than-balanced politics of rapprochement with North Korea, which focus primarily on mitigating the symptoms of the Korean Cold War without formulating policies that address the Pyongyang personalities who have a vested interest in prolonging the conflict.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/FE07Dg01.html   (1864 words)

  
 Nautilus Institute Policy Forum Online: North Korea's Nuclear Problem: Political Implications and Inspection Formats
North Korea justifies this behavior by blaming the Bush administration for its hostile North Korea policy of labeling it as part of "axis of evil" and targeting it for a nuclear and/or preemptive strike.
North Korea should be convinced to accept the reality that the nuclear problem is no longer a bilateral issue with the United States.
North Korea Plus the United States: If North Korea demands on inspecting U.S. military bases to check non-existence of nukes as a face-saving requirement to meet its security assurance, there is a strong possibility that the United States is involved in the inspection process as a party.
www.nautilus.org /fora/security/0234A_Cheon.html   (2500 words)

  
 Global Beat: Dialogue and Negotiations With Political Parties and Organisations in South Korea Called For   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This was stressed in a letter addressed to the political parties and organisations in south korea which was adopted at the joint meeting of the political parties and organisations of the DPRK held in pyongyang on February 18.
The North and the South should jointly advance along the road of independence and unity, not the road of reliance on foreign forces and of confrontation that cannot be consistent with reunification.
North and South Korea should jointly cope with aggressions by foreign forces, instead of turning away from fellow countrymen and currying the favor of foreign forces.
www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/asia/KCNA021898.html   (2501 words)

  
 The Washington Monthly
North Korea and Iran would not hesitate to deliver a nuclear weapon to an entity that would use them on the United States so long as they had some plausible deniability.
The six parties unanimously reaffirmed that the goal of the six-party talks is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.
The six parties agreed to hold the fifth round of the six party talks in Beijing in early November 2005 at a date to be determined through consultations.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2005_09/007160.php   (9025 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Asia - Korea, North - Government and Political Conditions
North Korea has a centralized government under the rigid control of the communist Korean Workers' Party (KWP), to which all government officials belong.
A few minor political parties are allowed to exist in name only.
North Korea's 1972 constitution was amended in late 1992.
www.geographyiq.com /countries/kn/Korea_North_government_summary.htm   (426 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Korea, North   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After failing in the Korean War (1950-53) to conquer the US-backed republic in the southern portion by force, North Korea, under its founder President KIM Il Sung, adopted a policy of ostensible diplomatic and economic "self-reliance" as a check against excessive Soviet or Communist Chinese influence.
North Korea's long-range missile development and research into nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and massive conventional armed forces are of major concern to the international community.
North Korea, one of the world's most centrally planned and isolated economies, faces desperate economic conditions.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/kn.html   (1465 words)

  
 North Korea Freedom Coalition
Although the North Korean Human Rights Act passed the Congress unanimously, the legislation passed so late in the Congressional session that the funding called for in the legislation was not included in the FY2005 appropriations bill.
Exhibit on North Korean regime's terrifying cruelty to it's own people comes to US Please find attached the flyer for the Washington, D.C. area opening of the North Korea Genocide Exhibit hosted by Pastor Kwang-Ho Yang, Sin U Nam, and Moon Gook Han.
With permission from the copyright holder, JIN-NET, Life Funds for North Korean Refugees has posted the video from the public execution in North Korea that was secretly smuggled out on their website and included the English translation.
www.nkfreedom.org   (2043 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 Korea, North
Despite the use of improved seed varieties, expansion of irrigation, and the heavy use of fertilizers, North Korea has not yet become self-sufficient in food production.
Substantial grain shipments from Japan and South Korea are offsetting a portion of the losses.
North Korea remains far behind South Korea in economic development and living standards.
korea.co.kr /korealink/kn.html   (1320 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Korea (Democratic People's Republic)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Korea (Democratic People's Republic) [ Choson Minchuchuui Inmin Konghuaguk ]
Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/kp.html   (113 words)

  
 Government & Political Leadership of North Korea: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
See also the page on North Korea's military.
Andreas Lorenz on Kim Jong Il and North Korea on the 60th anniversary of its Communist Party, with photo gallery Choreography of a Dictatorship (Der Spiegel, Oct. 19, 2005)
Essays on the origin of the North Korean regime, the Workers' Party, Juche ideology, the Supreme People's Assembly, Red Flag ideology, and bible stories and Kim Jong-il's ruling style
bulldog2.redlands.edu /dept/AsianStudiesDept/nkorea-gov.html   (390 words)

  
 Political Resources on the Net - North Korea
Political Resources on the Net - North Korea
Governments on the WWW: Korea (People's Republic) by Gunnar Anzinger
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: North Korea by Central Intelligence Agency
www.politicalresources.net /n_korea.htm   (42 words)

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