Corea del Norte Gobierno Perfil 2008

Capital

nombre: Pyongyang
coordenadas geográficas: 39 01 N, 125 45 E
diferencia de tiempo: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independencia

15 Agosto 1945 (from Japan)

Feriado nacional

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

Constitución

adoptada 1948; completely revisada 27 Diciembre 1972, revisada again in Abril 1992, and Septiembre 1998

Sufragio

17 años de edad; universal

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: KIM Jong Il (desde 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
jefe de gobierno: Premier KIM Yong Il (desde 11 April 2007); Vice Premiers KWAK Pom Gi (desde 5 September 1998), JON Sung Hun (desde 3 September 2003), RO Tu Chol (desde 3 September 2003), THAE Jong Su (desde 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