Back حزب العمال الكوري الشمالي Arabic Partido de los Trabajadores de Corea del Norte Spanish حزب کارگران کره شمالی Persian Parti du travail de Corée du Nord French Észak-Korea Munkapártja Hungarian Partito del Lavoro della Corea del Nord Italian 北朝鮮労働党 Japanese 북조선로동당 Korean Nord-Koreas arbeiderparti NB Partido dos Trabalhadores da Coreia do Norte Portuguese
Workers' Party of North Korea 북조선로동당 | |
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| Chairman | Kim Tu-bong |
| Vice Chairmen | Kim Il Sung Chu Yong-ha Ho Ka-i |
| Founded | 28 August 1946 |
| Dissolved | 24 June 1949 |
| Merger of | Communist Party of Korea New People's Party of Korea |
| Merged into | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang |
| Newspaper | Rodong Sinmun Kunroja |
| Youth wing | Democratic Youth League of North Korea |
| Pioneer wing | North Korean Children's Union |
| Labour wing | General Federation of Trade Unions of North Korea |
| Membership (1946) | 366,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Fatherland United Democratic Front |
| Colors | Red |
| Supreme People's Assembly | 172 / 572 |
| Party flag | |
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| Workers' Party of North Korea | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 북조선로동당 |
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| Hancha | 北朝鮮勞動黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Bukjoseon Rodongdang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pukchosŏn Rodongdang |
The Workers' Party of North Korea (Korean: 북조선로동당; Hancha: 北朝鮮勞動黨) was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the current Workers' Party of Korea. It was founded at a congress on 28–30 August 1946, by the merger of the northern branch of the Communist Party of Korea and the New People's Party of Korea.[1][2][3] Kim Tu-bong, the leader of the New People's Party, was elected chairman of the party, while Chu Yong-ha and Kim Il Sung were elected as vice chairmen.[4] At the time of establishment, the party is believed to have had about 366,000 members organized in around 12,000 party cells.[4][5]
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- ^ "Short Biography of Kim Il Sung". Naenara. KCCKP. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ Suh, Dae-Sook (1986). "North Korea in 1985: A New Era after Forty Years". Asian Survey. 26 (1): 78–85. doi:10.2307/2644095. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2644095.
- ^ a b Chong-Sik Lee (1963). "Politics in North Korea: Pre-Korean War Stage". The China Quarterly (14): 3–16. JSTOR 651339.
- ^ "General NK Topics: NK Politics/Regime". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007.
These figures appears to be taken from official North Korean sources. Soviet authors A. Gitovich and B. Bursov claimed that the party had around 160,000 members in 1946.