Korean reunification is the potential unification of North Korea and South Korea into a single Korean sovereign state. The process towards reunification of the peninsula while still maintaining two opposing regimes was started by the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration in June 2000,was reaffirmed by the October 4th Declaration in October 2007 and the Panmunjom Declaration in April 2018,and the joint statement of United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Singapore Summit in June 2018. In the Panmunjom Declaration,the two countries agreed to work to officially end the Korean conflict in the future.
The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Korea and South Korea,both of which claim to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea. During the Cold War,North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union,China,and other allies,while South Korea was backed by the United States,United Kingdom,and other Western allies.
The Sunshine Policy is one of the approaches for South Korea's foreign policy towards North Korea. Its official title is The Reconciliation and Cooperation Policy Towards the North,and it is also known as The Operational Policy Towards the North and The Embracing Policy.
The Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea (DFRK),also known as the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland (DFRF) or the Fatherland Front,is a North Korean popular front formed on 22 July 1946 and led by the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). It was initially called the North Korean Fatherland United Democratic Front.
Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910,the Korean Peninsula has been divided into North Korea and South Korea since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945. The two governments were founded in the two regions in 1948,leading to the consolidation of division. The two countries engaged in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 which ended in an armistice agreement but without a peace treaty. North Korea is a one-party totalitarian state run by the Kim family. South Korea was formerly governed by a succession of military dictatorships,save for a brief one-year democratic period from 1960 to 1961,until thorough democratization in 1987,after which direct elections were held. Both nations claim the entire Korean Peninsula and outlying islands. Both nations joined the United Nations in 1991 and are recognized by most member states. Since the 1970s,both nations have held informal diplomatic dialogues in order to ease military tensions.
Kim Jong Un is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim Jong Il,who was North Korea's second supreme leader from 1994 until his death in 2011,and Ko Yong Hui. He is a grandson of Kim Il Sung,who was the founder and first supreme leader of North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea,the WPK is the oldest active party in Korea. It also controls the Korean People's Army,North Korea's armed forces. The WPK is the largest party represented in the Supreme People's Assembly and coexists with two other legal parties making up the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea. 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 WPK is banned in the Republic of Korea under the National Security Act and is sanctioned by the United Nations,the European Union,Australia,and the United States.
Kim Il was a North Korean politician who was served as Premier of North Korea from 28 December 1972 to 19 April 1976.
Kim Kyong-hui is the aunt of current North Korean leader,Kim Jong Un. She is the daughter of the founding North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the sister of the late leader Kim Jong Il. She currently serves as Secretary for Organization of the Workers' Party of Korea. An important member of Kim Jong Il's inner circle of trusted friends and advisors,she was director of the WPK Light Industry Department from 1988 to 2012. She was married to Jang Song-thaek,who was executed in December 2013 in Pyongyang,after being charged with treason and corruption.
The Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea,formerly known as the Executive Policy Bureau (2016–21),manages the work of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Presidium. The General Secretary leads the work of the Secretariat,and the body is composed of several members.
Tongil Station,also known simply as Station is a station on Chŏllima Line of the Pyongyang Metro. The station features embossed copper carvings depicting themes of national reunification.
The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK),the ruling party of North Korea,was held on 6–9 May 2016.
Kim Song-hye is a North Korean politician. As the head of the Secretarial Bureau of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (CPRK),she has taken part in numerous negotiations between North and South Korea. She has participated in talks at the 2000 inter-Korean summit,the 15th and 16th North–South Ministerial Talks in 2005,the 2007 inter-Korean summit,and most notably the inter-Korean working level talks of 2013 where she headed the North Korean delegation.
The United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea is a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) tasked with relations with South Korea. It conducts propaganda operations and espionage and manages front organizations,including the Chongryon.
Jo Yong-won is a North Korean politician and a deputy chief of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)'s Secretariat of General Secretary Kim Jong Un. He was a vice director of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department (OGD). Jo was also a full member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK since it was elected at the 7th Congress of the WPK in May 2016. Jo has been a member of the Presidium of the Politburo,and a secretary of the Secretariat of the WPK since it was elected at the 8th WPK Central Committee in January 2021. Jo appears to serve as the First Secretary of the Workers’Party of Korea making him formally the principal day-to-day leader of the party second only to Kim Jong Un.
Choe Hwi is a North Korean politician. He is a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the chairman of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission. Choe's portfolio as the Vice Chairman of the party covers workers' and social organizations affairs. Choe is also an alternate member of the Politburo of the WPK,member of the Central Committee of the WPK,and a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly.
Kim Nung-o is a North Korean politician. He is the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Party Committee of Pyongyang. Kim is also a full member of the Central Committee of the WPK and an alternate member of its Politburo.
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang from 5 to 12 January 2021. A total of 7,000 people participated in the congress including 5,000 delegates. The Party Congress took place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic where no cases were reported.
The 8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) (제8차조선로동당중앙군사위원회),officially the Central Military Commission of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 7th WPK Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the party's 8th Congress on 10 January 2021. It is composed of one chairman,one vice chairmen and eleven ordinary members.
The following is a list of events from the year 2024 in North Korea.
