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Rules of the Workers' Party of Korea (as amended on 28 April 1956 and 16 September 1961

PREAMBLE

The Workers' Party of Korea is the vanguard, organized detachment of the working class and all of the toiling masses of our country.

The Workers' Party of Korea represents the interests of the Korean nation and the Korean people.

The Workers' Party of Korea is organized with progressive fighters from among the entire working people—workers, peasants and intellectuals—who champion the interests of the toiling masses.

The Workers' Party of Korea is guided in its activities by the theory of Marxism–Leninism.

The Workers' Party of Korea creatively applies the general principles of Marxism–Leninism in the execution of the Korean revolution, opposes all expressions of revisionism and dogmatism, and firmly maintains the purity of Marxism–Leninism in the struggle for the task of Korean revolution and for international communism and the labour movement.

The Workers' Party of Korea is the direct successor of the glorious revolutionary tradition established by the Korean Communists in the anti-Japanese struggle.

The immediate aim of the Workers' Party of Korea lies in guaranteeing the complete victory of socialism in the northern half of the Republic, carrying out the tasks of anti-imperialist, anti-feudal democratic revolution on a nation-wide scale; its ultimate aim is that of building a communist society.

The Workers' Party of Korea struggles for the liberation of the southern half of our country from American imperialist aggresive forces and internal reactionary rule, and for the attainment of the complete unification of the country on a democratic basis by firmly uniting the broad popular masses of North and South Korea around itself, and by strengthening the united front with the patriotic, democratic forces of all walks of life in Korea on the basis of an alliance of the workers and peasants.

The Workers' Party of Korea successfully carrying out the building of socialism in the northern half of our country by consolidating the socialist system, and by mobilizing the creativity of the people to the maximum extent strives for the continuous growth of production and improvement of the material and cultural life of the people, and accelerates the unification of the country by politically and economically strengthening its democratic base.

The Workers' Party of Korea struggles to train Party members and to train the toiling masses in the spirit of patriotism and proletarian internationlism; to consolidate the internationalist solidarity of the Korean people with the peoples of the great Soviet Union, China and other People's Democracies as well as with the toiling people of all countries; to intensify friendship with all nations which support the unification and independence of our country and with all peaceloving peoples; and to attain lasting peace in Asia and the world.

Chapter I. PARTY MEMBERS' But in special circumstances, applicants for Party membership may be accepted as members without the probationary period.
 * 1) All working people who are Korean citizens, who accept the Party Program and Rules, fight for the realization of them, earnestly work in a definite organization of the Party, actively carry out decisions of the Party, and pay prescribed membership dues, may become members of the Workers' Party of Korea.
 * 2) Members of the Workers' Party of Korea are recruited from among the candidate membersw who have passed through the specified probationary period.

One may join the Party on reaching the age of 18.

Admission to the Party shall be conducted by individual enrollment, and the procedure shall be as follows:
 * 1) One who is desirous of joining the Party as a candidate member must submit to the Party cell concerned a written application and the recommendation of two Party members. When a candidate member is admitted to the Party he need not submit an application and recommendations to teh Party cell. But, when the Party cell deems it necessary, it may demand additional recommendations.