Talk:Workers' Party of Korea

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What is the source for this translation Workers Party of Korea instead of Korean Workers' Party. I used the standard Political Parties of the World by Alan Day. Gangulf 20:04, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The WPK uses the name WPK in its international relations. A quick google search will show that the name KWP is used by Western sources whereas WPK is the name used by all DPRK websites. --Soman 21:59, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Also, the earlier debates on the party can still be found on Talk:Korean Workers' Party. --Soman 22:01, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Shouldn't we at lease use then Workers' Party of Korea ? Gangulf 22:07, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

This really ought to have an apostrophe. A Google search indicates that some use it and some don't, but this is surely just bad grammar on the part of those who don't, rather than a valid alternative. — Trilobite (Talk) 22:49, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You're right, of course. For some reason I can't move the page but I'll apostrophise as much as I can.Dafyddyoung 17:46, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think "朝鮮勞動黨" is transliterated into hangul as "조선노동당" not "조선로동당, no? --Ce garcon 12:46, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

로동당 is right in North Korea. Caffelice 07:18, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
This freed the North Korean Communists from any control by a Communist Party whose headquarters was in US controlled territory, it also reflected the hardening of the Cold War by marking the intention of the Soviets to create a separate state in North Korea rather than work with the Americans to create a joint administration throughout the peninsula.
Is this true/NPOV? Is it undisputed that the Soviets wanted a seperate state and the Americans wanted a joint administration? This is not a retorical question, but an honest one... Gerrit MUTE 11:04, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Separate articles for separate parties

This article encompasses not just the history of the WPK proper, but also that of its forerunner. Separate articles should be created for the separate parties mentioned, like Korean Socialist Party, Communist Party of Korea, Communist Party of Korea (1921), Communist Party of North Korea, New People's Party, Workers Party of North Korea and Workers Party of South Korea. --Soman 15:34, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Please feel free to start those articles. -- Visviva 15:47, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Now articles have been created for Communist Party of Korea, Workers Party of North Korea and Workers Party of South Korea, and material has been shifted from this article to those articles. Still some work needs to be done on the early 1910-1920 socialist/communist groups, creating articles for them. --Soman 17:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)