Shtykov served as the first soviet ambassador, while kim il sung became premier On this day in 1976, mao zedong, who is considered to be the founding father of. Formally known as the democratic people’s republic of korea, or dprk, it was founded in 1948 when the united states and the soviet union divided control of the peninsula after world war ii. In 1949 he became chairman of the korean workers’ party (kwp), created from communist parties founded earlier. In 1948 this lead to the establishment of two different governments, the democratic people’s republic of korea (dprk) in the north and the republic of korea (rok) in the south, with each government claiming sovereignty over the entire korean peninsula. The session adopted the constitution of the dprk and elected kim il sung as head of state, in accordance with unanimous will and desire of all the korean people
On september 9 kim il sung announced the founding of the democratic people’s republic of korea to the whole world. However, the un recognized the republic of korea as the only legitimate government of korea through resolution 195 at the third general assembly in 1948.
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