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Kim Il Sung Higher Party School

Coordinates: 39°3′3.7″N 125°48′20″E / 39.051028°N 125.80556°E / 39.051028; 125.80556
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Kim Il Sung Higher Party School
김일성고급당학교
TypeParty university
Established1 June 1946 (1946-06-01)
DirectorRi Yong Sik
Students1,200 [1]
Location
Kumsusan area, Pyongyang
,
North Korea

39°3′3.7″N 125°48′20″E / 39.051028°N 125.80556°E / 39.051028; 125.80556

Kim Il Sung Higher Party School (Korean: 김일성고급당학교) is a key party-political educational institution in the DPRK responsible for training and preparing the managerial staff of the Workers' Party of Korea and the state apparatus that is part of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

It was founded on June 1, 1946, as the Central Party School of the Communist Party of North Korea based in Pyongyang, on the basis of the existing since November 1945 Kim Il Sung High School, who prepares political and educational officers and translators of the Russian language. On the sixtieth birthday of Kim Il Sung, in April 1972, his name was given to the university - the Kim Il Sung Higher Party School. A year later, in 1973, the university was integrated with the Marxist–Leninist School. Since 1978, it has been operating on the rights of the central educational institution.[2][3]

The lecturers are recruited from the management staff of the Central Committee, the Academy of Sciences and the Kim Il Sung University.

A new campus was built at the demolished Kumsusan Air Field[4][5] which is located at the outskirts of Pyongyang to replace the existing one which was located at 39°01′21″N 125°46′05″E / 39.02263176°N 125.76794360°E / 39.02263176; 125.76794360 (Old campus) at Tongdaewon-guyok. The construction was reported to began at May 2023.[6] and finished by 2024.[7] The General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Un inspected the new campus in May 2024. The institution was reported to be serving with the new name of Central Cadres Training School of the Workers' Party of Korea (조선로동당 중앙간부학교).[8] The new campus which have a total floor space of over 133 000 square meters was inaugurated on 21 May 2024, while the new school year opening ceremony was held on 1 June 2024.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "김일성고급당학교(金日成高級黨學校)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. ^ "김일성고급당학교(金日成高級黨學校)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. ^ "NK조선". Nk.chosun.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  4. ^ Colin Zwirko (2023-03-29). "North Korea appears to rip up Pyongyang airfield just years after construction". NK News. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  5. ^ Colin Zwirko (2023-05-16). "North Korea building secretive installation on razed airfield in Pyongyang". NK News. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  6. ^ "North Korea building secretive installation on razed airfield in Pyongyang". nknews.org. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  7. ^ Bruce Songhak Chung (2024-05-10). "N. Korea's new campus for elite party school is nearing completion". Daily NK. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  8. ^ "Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Completed Central Cadres Training School of WPK". KCNA.kp. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Inauguration Ceremony of Newly-Built Central Cadres Training School of WPK Held with Splendor". KCNA.kp. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  10. ^ "ew School Year Opening Ceremony Held at WPK Central Cadres Training School with Splendor". KCNA.kp. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.


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