Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland

Korean spelling
Korean alphabet :	조국 통일 민주주의 전선
Hanja :	祖國統一民主主義戰線
Revised Romanization :	Joguk tong (-) il minju juui jeonseon
McCune-Reischauer :	Choguk t'ongil minju chuŭi chŏnsŏn

The Democratic Front for the Reunification of the country is a forced coalition of several parties in North Korea under the leadership of a Communist Unity Party , the Workers' Party of Korea ( WPK ).

It was founded on July 22, 1946.

organization

It consists of the Labor Party of Korea and two other block parties, namely the Korean Social Democratic Party ( KSDP ) and the Young Friends of the Chŏndo Religion Party . The North Korean mass organizations are also members of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland .

These parties thus form a united front , also known as the national front . There is no opposition in the country. Despite the three parties, North Korea is de facto a one-party system .

Members

Political parties

Political party	Korean name	Alignment	founding
Labor Party of Korea	조선 로동당 Chosŏn Rodongdang	Juche Songun	07/29/1946
Korean Social Democratic Party	조선 사회 민주당 Chosŏn Sahoe Minjudang	Social democracy	November 3, 1945
Chondoist Ch'ngu party	천도교 청우당 Ch'ŏndogyo Ch'ŏngudang	Ch'ŏndogyo	02/18/1946

Mass organizations

organization	Korean name	founding
Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Association	김일성 - 김정일 주의 청년 동맹	January 17, 1946
Korean Women's Socialist Union	조선 사회주의 녀성 동맹	11/18/1945
General Confederation of Trade Unions of Korea	조선 직업 총동맹	11/30/1945
Agricultural Workers Union of Korea	조선 농업 근로자 동맹	January 31, 1946
Corps of Young Pioneers	조선 소년단	6 June 1946
Korean Journalists' Union	조선 기자 동맹	02/10/1946
Korean Federation for Literature and Art	조선 문학 예술 총동맹	March 25, 1946
Korean Christian Covenant	조선 그리스도교 연맹	11/28/1946

literature

Andrei Lankow : KNDR wtschera i sewodnja. Neformalnaja istorija Severnoj Korei. Vostok-Sapad, Moscow 2005. ISBN 5-478-00060-4 ( Russian )

Web links

asgp.info: The Parliamentary System of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (April / May 1991; PDF file; 349 kB)
state.gov: Domestic Policy in North Korea

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^ Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland
↑ Information from the Foreign Office on North Korea ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.diplo.de
^ Robert A. Scalapino, Chun-yŏp Kim: North Korea today: strategic and domestic issues . Ed .: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Korean Studies. Berkeley 1983, ISBN 0-912966-55-6 .
↑ Andrei Nikolaevich Lan'kov: From Stalin to Kim Il Song: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960 . C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85065-563-3 , p. 31.
↑ ^a ^b ^c IPU PARLINE Database: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui . Inter-Parliamentary Union .
^ North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002.
↑ Fyodor Tertitskiy: Being a minor party in the North: In a totalitarian regime, do N. Korea's what other political blocs do? . In: NK News . November 26, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 391 .
^ North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 309 .
^ North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 389 .
^ North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 389 .
^ North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 929 .
↑ ^a ^b 조국 통일 민주주의 전선 (祖國統一民主主義戰線) ( ko ) In: Encyclopedia of Korean Culture .
^ John A. Lent: Newspapers in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Problems . Heinemann Asia, Hong Kong 1982, ISBN 978-962-225-079-6 , p. 127.
↑ 조국 통일 민주주의 전선 ( ko ) In: North Korea Information Portal . Ministry of Unification.
↑ James Hoare: Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea . Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0 , pp. Xxix.

[1] Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland

[2] Information from the Foreign Office on North Korea ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.diplo.de

[3] Robert A. Scalapino, Chun-yŏp Kim: North Korea today: strategic and domestic issues . Ed .: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Korean Studies. Berkeley 1983, ISBN 0-912966-55-6 .

[Lanʹkov2002-4] Andrei Nikolaevich Lan'kov: From Stalin to Kim Il Song: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960 . C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85065-563-3 , p. 31.

[ipu-5] IPU PARLINE Database: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Choe Go In Min Hoe Ui . Inter-Parliamentary Union .

[6] North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002.

[nkne_NKNe-7] Fyodor Tertitskiy: Being a minor party in the North: In a totalitarian regime, do N. Korea's what other political blocs do? . In: NK News . November 26, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[8] North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 391 .

[9] North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 309 .

[10] North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 389 .

[11] North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 389 .

[12] North Korea Handbook . Yonhap News Agency, Seoul 2002, p. 929 .

[encykorea-13] 조국 통일 민주주의 전선 (祖國統一民主主義戰線) ( ko ) In: Encyclopedia of Korean Culture .

[14] John A. Lent: Newspapers in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Problems . Heinemann Asia, Hong Kong 1982, ISBN 978-962-225-079-6 , p. 127.

[15] 조국 통일 민주주의 전선 ( ko ) In: North Korea Information Portal . Ministry of Unification.

[16] James Hoare: Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea . Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0 , pp. Xxix.