Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Pyongyang
geographische Koordinaten: 39 01 N, 125 45 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

15 August 1945 (from Japan)

Nationalfeiertag

Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948)

Konstitution

adopted 1948; completely revised 27 Dezember 1972, revised again in April 1992, and September 1998

Wahlrecht

17 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: KIM Jong Il (seit dem July 1994); note - on 3 September 2003, rubberstamp Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) reelected KIM Jong Il chairman of the National Defense Commission, a position accorded nation's "highest administrative authority"; SPA reelected KIM Yong Nam president of its Presidium also with responsibility of representing state and receiving diplomatic credentials
Regierungschef: Premier KIM Yong Il (seit dem 11 April 2007); Vice Premiers KWAK Pom Gi (seit dem 5 September 1998), JON Sung Hun (seit dem 3 September 2003), RO Tu Chol (seit dem 3 September 2003), THAE Jong Su (seit dem 16 October 2007)
cabinet: Naegak (cabinet) members, except for Minister of People's Armed Forces, are appointed by SPA
elections: last held in September 2003 (next to be held in September 2008)
election results: KIM Jong Il and KIM Yong Nam were only nominees for positions and ran unopposed