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Workers Party of Korea (WPK) has been leading the Korean revolution to   victory and glory throughout its glorious 72-year history (1945.10.10). In the gloomy period of the colonial rule of Japanese imperialism, the President Kim Il Sung founded the Down-with-Imperialism Union that would be root for founding the WPK afterwards, on October 17, 1926 in Jilin.

In a meeting convened from June 30 to July 2, 1930 in Kalun, the line was put forward that the party should be founded independently by the Korean revolutionaries themselves on the basis of lesson of the revolutionary struggle of Korea and by method of extension of the party ranks after formation at grassroots level of party organizations deep-rooted in workers and farmers. In accordance with this line, the organizational and ideological basis for founding party was laid in the period of anti-Japanese armed struggle.

The President gave an energetic guidance to preparations for the foundation of party after liberation of the country without delay. At last a founding congress of Central Organizational Committee of Communist Party of North Korea                     (a predecessor of the WPK) was convened on 10^th October, 1945. Afterwards, he put forward a unique organizational line on building of a mass party in accordance with the prevailing situation and lawful requirement of party development. Thanks to his wise guidance, Workers Party of North Korea, a unified party for popular masses, was founded by merging the communist party with other workers party in the inaugural congress held on 28^th August to 30^th August, 1946.

During the 72-year-long period, the WPK has demonstrated its dignity and power as a revolutionary experienced party toughened through the struggle, an invincible party with unreserved support and belief of the people.

Today, the Workers﹊ Party of Korea, a revolutionary party of the working class and a mass party of the working people, has been strengthened and developed further more as a everlasting party of leader and a motherly party becoming one with the popular masses, by supreme leader Kim Jong Un who adds luster to idea and exploits on founding party of the Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

The supreme leader Kim Jong Un gives wise leadership to  strengthen and develop the WPK as a party of Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il upholding the Generalissimos as eternal leaders.

To love and serve the people are the nature and fundamental characteristics of the WPK. The WPK displays its ever-victorious power with the history of respect on people, importance on people and love to people, becoming one with the popular masses.

                                                                                    

Central Committee

General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea