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{{Quote|The core in the [[Juche]] outlook on the revolution is loyalty to the party and the leader. The cause of socialism and communism is started by the leader and is carried out under the guidance of the party and the leader.|[[Kim Jong-il]]}} | {{Quote|The core in the [[Juche]] outlook on the revolution is loyalty to the party and the leader. The cause of socialism and communism is started by the leader and is carried out under the guidance of the party and the leader.|[[Kim Jong-il]]}} | ||
The '''Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)''' is the founding and ruling political party of North Korea. It is the largest party represented in the Supreme People's Assembly and coexists ''de jure'' with two other legal parties making up the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland. However, these minor parties are completely subservient to the WPK, and must accept the WPK's "leading role" as a condition of their existence. | The '''Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)''' is the founding and ruling political party of North Korea. It is the largest party represented in the Supreme People's Assembly and coexists ''de jure'' with two other legal parties making up the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland. However, these minor parties are completely subservient to the WPK, and must accept the WPK's "leading role" as a condition of their existence. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
It was founded in 1949 with the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea. The WPK also controls the Korean People's Army. This political party (and all of the other parties in the DPRK) remains illegal in South Korea under South Korea's own National Security Act and is sanctioned by Australia, the European Union, the United Nations and the United States. | It was founded in 1949 with the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea. The WPK also controls the Korean People's Army. This political party (and all of the other parties in the DPRK) remains illegal in South Korea under South Korea's own National Security Act and is sanctioned by Australia, the European Union, the United Nations and the United States. | ||