Workers' Party of Korea Congress

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The Workers' Party of Korea Congress is the highest decision-making assembly of North Korea's ruling party, convened periodically to set major policies, elect top leadership, and revise the party's guiding principles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party congress ⓘ
political conference ⓘ
approves long-term economic and political plans ⓘ
revisions to the Workers' Party of Korea Charter ⓘ
revisions to the party rules ⓘ
authorityOver Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee ⓘ
controls formal selection of North Korea's top party leadership ⓘ
convenes on an irregular schedule ⓘ
periodically ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
elects Workers' Party of Korea Central Auditing Commission ⓘ
Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee ⓘ
members of the party leadership bodies ⓘ
party General Secretary or equivalent top leader ⓘ
establishes overall line of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
influences state policy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
isPartOf Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
language Korean ⓘ
level national party congress ⓘ
location Pyongyang ⓘ
mainFunction approve party programs and strategies ⓘ
elect top party leadership ⓘ
review work of the party leadership ⓘ
revise party rules and guiding principles ⓘ
set major party policies ⓘ
organizes Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
participants delegates of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
representatives of party organizations across North Korea ⓘ
politicalAlignment single-party socialist state ⓘ
politicalIdeology Juche ⓘ
Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism ⓘ
relatedTo Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea ⓘ
Workers' Party of Korea Conference ⓘ
reportsOn implementation of previous congress decisions ⓘ
role highest decision-making body of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
scope nationwide ⓘ
sets strategic direction for domestic policy ⓘ
strategic direction for foreign policy ⓘ
strategic direction for military policy ⓘ
significance key event in North Korea's political calendar ⓘ
typeOfDecision binding on lower party organs ⓘ
usedFor announcing major policy shifts ⓘ
legitimizing leadership succession ⓘ
publicly articulating ideological lines ⓘ

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Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea → subordinateTo → Party Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Party of Korea Congress
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea → appointedBy → Party Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Party of Korea Congress
WPK → hasCongress → Party Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Party of Korea Congress
Rules of the Workers' Party of Korea → adoptedBy → Workers' Party of Korea Congress ⓘ
Rules of the Workers' Party of Korea → amendedBy → Workers' Party of Korea Congress ⓘ
Rodong → reportsOn → Workers’ Party of Korea congresses ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Party of Korea Congress