How stable is the North Korean government?

Answer 1

Despite our own political bias toward Korea, the government is fairly stable. Their chain of dictators has been in government for years.

North Korea is officially described as a socialist republic governed according to the ideology of Juche (loosely, "self-reliance"). Kim Il-Sung, the founder of North Korea, was the country's first and only president; in the North Korean constitution he is described as the Eternal President of the Republic: "The DPRK and the entire Korean people will uphold the great leader Comrade Kim Il-sung as the eternal President of the Republic."

The de facto head of state and government is Kim Jong-Il, who is Chairman of the National Defence Commission. The legislature of North Korea is the Supreme People's Assembly, or SPA; the current President of the SPA is Kim Yong Nam. The other senior government leader is the Premier, currently Pak Pong-ju.

North Korea is a single-party state. The governing party is the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, a coalition made up of three smaller parties, the Workers Party of Korea, the Korean Social Democratic Party and the Chondoist Chongu Party. These parties nominate all candidates for office and hold all seats in the Supreme People's Assembly

Now, if your question is whether it is subject to overthrow, it would seem that many are planning the demise of this authoritarian government.

When it iwas formed in the 1950s, the government and country was strong and growing. However, under Kim Jong-il's rule in the mid-to-late 1990s, the country's economy declined significantly, and food shortages developed in many areas. According to aid groups, millions of people in rural areas starved to death due to famine, exacerbated by a collapse in the food distribution system and lack of support from former communist-bloc countries.[5] Large numbers of North Koreans illegally entered the People's Republic of China in search of food. The only direct challenge by its people against the North Korean government took place in 1995 in Hamhŭng, a city in the South Hamgyong province. Famine-starved soldiers attempted to march onto the capital, Pyongyang. The revolt was quelled, though, and the unit shortly thereafter disbanded. Hwang Jang-yop, International Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party, defected to South Korea in 1997. The food situation has somewhat improved in recent years, due in part to small-scale market reforms and private ownership.

In addition, many countries in the world would like to see the irrational dictatorship gone since it threatens their peace, .

Answer 2

It is almost like a dynasty.
Kim Il Sung was the leader since 1948 till he passed the leadership to his son who is now in power.
Apart from China, North Koreans can't travel or get broadcasts from outside their communist regime.
Stability of the government is not the problem. It wants to continue unaltered for decades ...

South Koreas want unification (Tongil) with the North ... just not with the same government there. If free elections were held between both countries, the Kim dynasty from the north would win, only because the Southern vote would be divided between so many political candidates while the North would only offer one.

Answer 3

this is all politics and approach between different issues. Attacking Iran or North Korea blindly could reason hassle for the reason that they're very close with Russia and China. yet i think of the U.N. basically vote casting on something right this moment, undecided what's became into precisely, notwithstanding it had to do with North Korea and how NK made a mistake. everybody voted an identical way.

Answer 4

Mentally speaking, they are not stable at all. Can they really think America will allow them to have nukes, after their actions towards South Korea? They are asking for a war, and breaking International Law, and the UN Agreement, which prohibits them from having Nuclear Bombs! They are a Communist country, with a very bad economy, and will turn into another USSR if allowed Nukes. North Korea wants to destroy freedom, not preserve it, so hell no, we will not tolerate them having such weapons.

Answer 5

It won't fold from internal pressures, because the North Korean people are so brainwashed it's pathetic. That and starving them to death pretty muich guarantees there won't be a palace coup in Pyongyang.

Answer 6

Well...they have to threaten the rest of the world with Nuclear Weapons in order to get food.

Something's wrong.

Answer 7

When COmrade Meathead dies, all hell will break loose.
Every General will try to be the boss man and fighting will erupt.

Answer 8

pretty damn strong