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Citizenship in North Korea

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adopted a nationality law in 1963, 15 years after being founded on 9 September 1948. It has since been revised in 1995 and 1999. The nationality law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) governs who is a citizen of the DPRK, and how one may gain or lose such citizenship. It prescribes
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citizenship qualifications, citizen rights, and citizen protections. While containing just 16 articles, it covers most of the basic features which can be found across modern citizenship legislation in other nations.
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is a status given to individuals recognized as North Korean by the government of the country. It is a source of shared national identity, but can also be one of contention or conflict.
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Unofficial English and Japanese translations of the Nationality Law of 1963
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Nationality Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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A photo of a passport belonging to a North Korean.
Nationality law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea passport
Korean reunification
Nationality Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
South Korean defectors
"North Korean Nationality Law"
ISBN
978-90-247-2863-3
"North Korea Nationality Law"
"North Korean Constitution – April 2009"
Unofficial English and Japanese translations of the Nationality Law of 1963
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