More recent research based on North Koreas domestic documents and not propaganda for the international audience, popularized in 2009 by Brian R. Myers and his book
The Cleanest Race and later supported by further academics[71][72] even characterizes North Korea as a far-right national-socialist country heavily influenced by Japan of the 1930s.[73][74]
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The structure of the government is described in the Constitution of North Korea, the latest version of which is from 2009 and officially rejects North Korea's founding ideology of communism.[79] The governing party by law is the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, a coalition of the Workers' Party of Korea and two other smaller parties, 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. They have negligible power, as the leader holds autocratic control over the nation's affairs.
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North Korea has an industrialised, near-autarkic, highly centralized command economy. North Korea is one of only two states (along with Cuba) with an almost entirely government-planned, state-owned economy. The Central Planning Committee prepares, supervises and implements economic plans, while a General Bureau of Provincial Industry in each region is responsible for the management of local manufacturing facilities, production, resource allocation and sales.[155]
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Food rations, housing, healthcare, and education are offered from the state for free,[170] and the payment of taxes has been abolished since April 1, 1974.[171] In order to increase productivity from agriculture and industry, since the 1960s the North Korean government has introduced a number of management systems such as the Taean work system.[172] In the 21st century, following a recovery in 1999, North Korea's GDP growth was slow but steady until 2005. Between 2006 and 2011 the majority of years have had negative growth.[173]
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called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea....aka North Korea....central planning at its finest with all kinds of "free stuff"....
