Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League
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Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League ' onMouseout='HidePop("35719")' href="/topics/Hanja">Hanja
: 金日成社會主義靑年同盟) is a Korea
n youth organization. It is the main youth organization in DPR Korea
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It was founded by Kim Il-sung
on January 17, 1946 as the Democratic Youth League of North Korea. It became the youth wing of the Workers Party of North Korea
, later the Workers Party of Korea. It was renamed the Democratic Youth League of Korea and in May 1964 renamed as the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea. It assumed its present name on its 50th anniversary in 1996.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth League is Kim Kyong Ho. The Youth League publishes a daily newspaper, Chongnyon Jonwi.
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 金日成社會主義靑年同盟) is a Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n youth organization. It is the main youth organization in DPR Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
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It was founded by Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death...
on January 17, 1946 as the Democratic Youth League of North Korea. It became the youth wing of the Workers Party of North Korea
Workers Party of North Korea
The Workers Party of North Korea was a communist party in North Korea, a predecessor of the current Workers Party of Korea. It was founded at a congress on August 28–30, 1946, by the merger of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea and the New People's Party. Kim Tu-bong, the...
, later the Workers Party of Korea. It was renamed the Democratic Youth League of Korea and in May 1964 renamed as the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea. It assumed its present name on its 50th anniversary in 1996.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth League is Kim Kyong Ho. The Youth League publishes a daily newspaper, Chongnyon Jonwi.