POLITICAL INFORMATION: POLITICAL PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH KOREA

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• Publication Date: December 29, 1947
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Political Information: Political Parties and
C? ;ani?ations North Korea
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dote: The following information ainpl4fies previous reports._j
ilor h Korean Labor tea
Rec,3ntly KIM Tl--song replaced KIM Tu-Dong as chairman of the Central Co.ttee
or ,he Forth Korean Labor Party. KIM Tu-pong is still a menber of the Labor
Par;y but holds no knovm office in the par?py.
CHJ t gyong-ha () . j j) is vice-chairman of the Central Committee cc the
:ma. . ,,r, Party.
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The chairman of the Central Committee of the Korth Korean Youth Friendship Party
(p c Cho Sbn Ch' 6ng U Tang) (. b . j- ''~' ) is Kim Tal-hyan
GIBis a liberal and slightly leftis~bu defi tely not a Core un.st. The activi--
ti--a,3 of his party, ho never, are supervised and controlled by the Labor Party? the
: t:rori hold of Camrrsunt m in North Korea.
Nor,h Korean Democratic Your Wn s_ ]L ue
The North Korean. Democratic Young Men t s League (Puk Cho S6n Idly Chu Ch t ong k 6n
Tong eng) ( b *1 *f t'G '`f formerly known as the North Korean
Coimaunist Youth League (.3t M j, I1 .L ) s is a branch of the
Irr rnationa l Communist Youth League of the U A S . S - R.
4. It '..e conmulsor7 for all males between the ages' of eight and thirty to join the
Oe'xticratic young Ments League. Boys between the ages of eight and fifteen become
me>rihers of the Juvenile Section. Finn entering primary school all boys auto,--
mat:.cally join the league.
5~ The Central Committee of the Democratic Young Mete's League is at Pyongyang (AEI.jo)
(12!'-4)-., 39-01).
The chainarnn-of tshe,conrAttee is 1JM Chle (- .5kft ), and the vice-chairman is
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6. There are committees in every nrovince, city, county and tomrnship (:.,iron j ).
There is even ,a further breakdown into "priiaar,,r organs" (Ch'o Kup 'ran Ch'e)
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7. The : ~orth Ko`rl.,ean /,General Trades League (Puk Cho Son Chik Op Chong Tong Maeng)
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and lorkers' League.)
ernlbc;rship of all workers in this league is compulsory. Its Central Couuuittee is at
Pjon, rang and its chairman is CH' OE Ky6ng-tdk (4 . y } , It is the parent
o ?gar i ation to thirty-two lea ues. Eight of these eal es are:
(a) Teachers and Cultural Ysorkersf League (Kyo Won dun Hwa In Tong Maeng)
,b) Lumberman 's League (Mok =,hae No Tong Cha Tong Maeng)(*
(c) Writers' and Literary Artists' League (Mun Hat Ye Sul Tong Maeng)
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? General +t orkers r,a ,gw;e (U c r. nZ np I'1' Tin, Mena) (--- ;iC. ' -~ )
e) infiustrial 'imc:i,z'ricia::c .r,-aguto (:1 o.^ np Ki 4'':il. In Tor Maeng)
(f) Fit hermanf s League (Su San Chong Op Z'a can Tong Uaeng) (,y_ ~' Aj IS) !A)
( .! Livestock 'iYorker ? i agues 'C.
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(h) Farmers I League .Iaorg . in Tint ,r wier g)
8, Only the military and the unemployed are excluded from meribersnip an the North Ko: c uL
General `Trades League, which is a branch of the Soviet-sponsored International ikorkers
Federation (? Vrorld Federation of Trade Unions?).. Apparently, the functions of the
?eagust are to control and regiment the workers in North Korea and to give them
eormnuist indoctrination.
North Korean Democratic Women's League
The N,irth Korean Democratic Women's League (it. *4 I . -t 'f Isj L) was formerly
k gown as the North Korean Communist Women's League (-t e, h 9 ,L&. t isi 9A ) It
is a ;)ranch of the International Communist Women"s League oilbe,VLS. S. R.
Manly? fihin in ti4s league is ec moulsorv for all women lH years of age or older. The
t! r?..?:, co~??m fit ter: of this 1; ja,:_-ue is at Pyonevarg
The chairman of the Central Committee is PAK Chhong-ae the vice--ciaairtuan
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7tic~i dal Democratic Uni'3 Front.aunGiY
KIM Tt -oong ( $ ) and C11? OE Yong-kon (4 ) j 'f ) are president and vice-preeidc nt
respectively of the National Democratic Unified Front Council (Min Chu Chu I Min Chok
Tong 11 Chon Son I Wan Hoe)
(? National
Democratic Front?)
The ccuncil meets periodically to discuss problems of national importance. Although
it ha.. no executive or legislative powers, it is composed of representatives of the
goverrraent, the political parties and numerous associations and leagues. The council
is drntinated by the North Korean Labor Party.,
The idea of the National Democratic Unified Front Council originated in Chungking in
1940 when the National Unified Front Committee (Min Chok T' ong Il Chon in 1fi Yvon
Hoe) (R. ;? ,lu It c I k AZ- ) was formed. The, committee was composed of members
of the following Korean leftist groups :
(a) Pie Korean People's Liberation League (Cho Son In Min Hae Pang Tae Tong Maeng)
( * A, c?.. 44 ;x. at t:) $13 )
(b) Toe Korean National Revolutionary Party (Cho on Min Chok Hyok Wong Tang)
Korean 7 ?idependenaff ;,.,.ague (Ch on Tok l:p Tong Maeng)
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(d) Tie overseas Revolutici: r.' Fighters, association (Hae sae Hy(Sk MytIn ; T'u Chaeng
}ng Chi Hoe)
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?J[hen the war ended, some of the members of these groups went to North Korea via
"ens .a and Hukden; others went to South Korea via Yhanphaj2 Those who went to North
:,.area took with them the idea of the NationalUnif. ed Front Committee and established
the :9ational Democratic Unified Front. Council.
14, In North Korea the Korean People's League and the 1 orean Independence League merged
to ',.)rim the New Democratic Party, which later merged with the North Korean Communist
Part,r to form the North Korean Labor Party. The Cti~rseas Revolutionary Fighters
xssoriation changed its name to the Patriotic Fight,,rsi Supporters, Association (he
Kuk :''u Sa Hu Non Hoe) ( I %~, ) 4 Tj Korean Pdationai Revolutionary
party was disbanded in North Korea,. but is now being reorganized in South Korea,
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15, Membership in any one organization mentioned in this report does not exclude the
individual from membership in any of the other organ". rations. The average young man
in tICrth Korea is us'iafy a member of one of the acci t Ued political parties, the
Democratic Young Men's League and, one of the 32 worker 3 ? leagues mentioned in
paragraph 7 of this report.
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