KP
North Korea
Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Emergency number
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Official addresses
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- Form of government
- dictatorship, single-party communist state
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Head of state
- State Affairs Commission President KIM Jong Un (since 17 December 2011)
- Head of government
- Supreme People's Assembly President CHOE Ryong Hae (since 11 April 2019)
- Cabinet
- Cabinet or Naegak members appointed by the Supreme People's Assembly, except the Minister of People's Armed Forces
- Highest court
- Supreme Court or Central Court (consists of one judge and 2 "People's Assessors" or, for some cases, 3 judges)
- Independence
- 15 August 1945 (from Japan)
- National day
- Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948)
This directory was compiled on 12 October 2026.
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