Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League
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| Chairperson | Kim Kyong Ho |
| Chairman | Kim Kyong Ho |
| Founded | January 17, 1946 |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Mother party | Workers Party of Korea |
| International affiliation | World Federation of Democratic Youth, WFDY |
Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League (Korean: 김일성사회주의청년동맹) is a Korean youth organization. It is the main youth organization in DPR Korea.
It was founded by Kim Il-sung on January 17, 1946 as the Democratic Youth League of North Korea. It became the youth wing of the Workers Party of North Korea, later the Workers Party of Korea. It was renamed the Democratic Youth League of Korea and in May 1964 renamed as the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea.[1] It assumed its present name on its 50th anniversary in 1996.[2]
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth League is Kim Kyong Ho.[3] The Youth League publishes a daily newspaper, Chongnyon Jonwi.[4]
