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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 January 2022 and 6 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Abbynlew (article contribs).

The redirect Korea (Pyongyang) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 24 § Korea (Pyongyang) until a consensus is reached. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 01:38, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Socialist republic in infobox

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The infobox is intended to summarise the body, yet the body does not make the claim that it a socialist state, but rather the softer claims that a) the constitution makes such a claim or b) they were socialist historically. I apologise for this not being researched in much depth, but I have heard that it is contested that it is a socialist state, and a brief Google appears to justify this. A full-blooded endorsement of it being socialist therefore appears inappropriate. At minimum, the information should reflect sourced body content. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 06:27, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If they were socialist they still are. The country hasn't changed that much.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:23, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jack Upland Reading the article for juche seems to indicate some change in ideology at least. I can't see many sources making a full-throated endorsement of the state being socialist today, although Google is kicking up mostly op-eds. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | contributions) 01:37, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We had a Rfc about this:[1]--Jack Upland (talk) 03:16, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thankyou for the link. I find the discussion contained of whether "socialist" is applicable very inadequate and detached from sourcing. I don't really have the energy to press this at this time, but I will ask if you think it's bad that North Korea being socialist is unsourced in the article. Rollinginhisgrave (talk | contributions) 03:32, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As you might have noticed, I disagreed with the RfC.--Jack Upland (talk) 04:07, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Map

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@Yue: I think it's time to remove "Territory claimed but not controlled (South Korea)" from the map. See [2] Mike Rohsopht (talk) 16:26, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree. North Korea does not seem to have rejected unification by force.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:22, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will be convinced when the source is directly from the North Korean government and not "a map uploaded to RedNote" by a "self-described Korean learner". No mention of how the map was obtained by the anonymous user or how the Newsweek writer verified its authenticity. If this is the quality of journalism Wikipedia is supposed to take at face value, then I too will make my own map but to the contrary, slap a quote on it, and upload it to RedNote. Yue💌 07:17, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]