1. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded on September 9, 1948 and its government organ is "Minju Joson".
2. The Workers' Party of Korea was founded on October 10, 1945 and its organ is "Rodong Sinmun".
3. The great leader Kim Il Sung is the founder of the DPRK and the WPK.
4. The Korean People's Army, the armed force of the DRPK, was founded on February 8, 1948.
5. The Socialist Constitution of the DPRK was adopted on December 27, 1972.
6. The national holidays of the DPRK are the birthday of the great leader Kim Il Sung (April 15), the birthday of the great leader Kim Jong Il (February 16), the founding day of the DPRK (September 9), the founding day of the WPK (October 10), the National Liberation Day (August 15), the Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War (July 27), the founding day of the KPA (February 8), the Day of the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK (December 27) and so on.
7. The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun is the supreme temple of Juche where the great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are laid in state.
8. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a socialist state. The social system of the DRPK is a people-centred one where the working masses of the people are masters of everything and everything serves them.
9. In the DPRK, there are political parties such as the Workers Party of Korea, the Korean Social
Democratic Party and the Chondoist Chongu
Party and public organizations such as the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, the General Federation of
Trade Unions of Korea, the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea, the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, the Korean Children’s Union, etc.
10. The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan is a typical overseas Koreans' organization of the DPRK.