Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국
Map of DPRK
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, is a country located in East Asia. It is one of a handful of self-proclaimed socialist states in existence in the modern world. It is bordered to the south by the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and to the north by China and Russia.

The DPRK is led by the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). According to its constitution, the DPRK is an "independent socialist state" guided by the Juche idea, an anti-imperialist nationalist derivative of Marxism–Leninism originally codified by the country's founding leader, Kim Il-Sung. The DPRK has continued to advocate communism even to the present day, although some argue the Juche idea has deviated from Marxism or qualifies as revisionist.^{[instances needed]}