Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea

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parliament state organ unicameral legislature

The Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea is the country’s unicameral rubber-stamp legislature, formally designated as the highest organ of state power under the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea canonical	4
Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea	1
조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1098317 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea
Context triple: [Eternal President of the Republic, establishedBy, Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea]

A. National Assembly of South Korea
The National Assembly of South Korea is the country’s unicameral parliament, responsible for making laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch.
B. State Affairs Commission of North Korea
The State Affairs Commission of North Korea is the country’s highest governing body, chaired by the supreme leader and responsible for overarching state policy, including control of the military and security apparatus.
C. Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea is the party’s principal decision-making and leadership body between party congresses, overseeing key political, organizational, and policy directives in North Korea.
D. Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea is the top decision-making body of North Korea's ruling party, responsible for setting key state and party policies.
E. Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
The Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly is a key governing body in North Korea that exercises many head-of-state functions between sessions of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea
Target entity description: The Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea is the country’s unicameral rubber-stamp legislature, formally designated as the highest organ of state power under the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

A. National Assembly of South Korea
The National Assembly of South Korea is the country’s unicameral parliament, responsible for making laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch.
B. State Affairs Commission of North Korea
The State Affairs Commission of North Korea is the country’s highest governing body, chaired by the supreme leader and responsible for overarching state policy, including control of the military and security apparatus.
C. Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea is the party’s principal decision-making and leadership body between party congresses, overseeing key political, organizational, and policy directives in North Korea.
D. Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea is the top decision-making body of North Korea's ruling party, responsible for setting key state and party policies.
E. Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
The Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly is a key governing body in North Korea that exercises many head-of-state functions between sessions of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliament ⓘ state organ ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
approves	national economic plans ⓘ state budget ⓘ
betweenSessionsPowerHeldBy	Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
characterization	rubber-stamp legislature ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	highest organ of state power ⓘ
controlledBy	Workers’ Party of Korea ⓘ linked to: Workers' Party of Korea
country	North Korea ⓘ
dominantParty	Workers’ Party of Korea ⓘ linked to: Workers' Party of Korea
elects	Cabinet of North Korea ⓘ Central Court of North Korea ⓘ linked to: Central Court of the DPRK President of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea ⓘ linked to: President of the State Affairs Commission Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
establishedInYear	1948 ⓘ
hasCommittee	Budget Committee ⓘ Foreign Affairs Committee ⓘ Legislation Committee ⓘ
hasFunction	amends the constitution ⓘ approves state budget ⓘ elects key state officials ⓘ enacts laws ⓘ
headOfPresidiumTitle	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ linked to: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
ideology	Juche ⓘ Songun ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Korean ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: North Korean constitution
legislatureType	unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: North Korea Pyongyang ⓘ
meetsAt	Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang ⓘ linked to: Mansudae Assembly Hall
meetsIn	Mansudae Assembly Hall ⓘ
meetsInSessions	infrequently ⓘ
nativeName	조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의 ⓘ linked to: Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea
nativeNameLanguage	Korean ⓘ
numberOfMembers	approximately 687 ⓘ
officialName	Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: Supreme People's Assembly
oversees	Cabinet of North Korea ⓘ
politicalAlignment	under de facto leadership of Kim family ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	one-party dominant system ⓘ
role	highest organ of state power in North Korea ⓘ national legislature of North Korea ⓘ
shortName	Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ linked to: Supreme People's Assembly
subordinateTo	Workers’ Party of Korea ⓘ linked to: Workers' Party of Korea
termLength	5 years ⓘ
votingSystem	non-competitive elections ⓘ single-candidate elections ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eternal President of the Republic → establishedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea ⓘ

State Affairs Commission of North Korea → reportsTo → Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea ⓘ

State Affairs Commission of North Korea → electedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea ⓘ

Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea → nativeName → 조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의 ⓘ

linked to: Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea

Order of Kim Il Sung → awardedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea ⓘ

Workers' Party of Korea Congress → relatedTo → Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea ⓘ