The award system of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was initially created less than one month after the foundation of the Republic. During the years of Japanese occupation of Korea, many of the future leaders fled to the Soviet Union. During World War II many if not close to all party leaders and
Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) is the military force of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Under the '' Songun'' policy, it is the central institution of North Korean society. Currently, WPK General S ...
commanders served in the Soviet Army and as such adopted many of the Soviet awards criteria for their own. During the late 1940s and until the Sino-Soviet Split in late 1958, orders and titles were made in the Soviet Money Mints in Moscow or Leningrad. Soviet made awards were modeled after Soviet orders and made of sterling silver. Initially the orders were attached to clothing with a screw-plate, but after Soviet production stopped, production was moved to North Korea. The screwback was replaced with a pin and the silver content was replaced with cheap tin. With the exception of a few examples of modern orders, Soviet and Czech KPA awards are the most sought after in current militaria markets.
Titles
Orders
Commemorative orders
Medals
Commemorative medals
Prizes
Badges
Honorary titles
Honorary titles
An honorary position is one given as an honor, with no duties attached, and without payment. Other uses include:
* Honorary Academy Award, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, United States
* Honorary Aryan, a status in Nazi Germany ...
include:
* Actor Emeritus
* Artist Emeritus
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* Merited Athlete][
* Merited Fisherman][
* Merited Journalist][
* Merited Pharmacist][
* Merited Railroad Worker][
* Merited Scientist][
* Merited Teacher
* October 8 Exemplary Educationist
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** People's Athlete][
** People's Teacher
** People's Announcer]
See also
* Awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung
*Awards and decorations received by Kim Jong-il
This is a list of awards and decorations received by Kim Jong-il. According to North Korean sources, North Korea "conferred ... the title of Hero of the DPRK four times, the Order of Kim Il Sung four times, Kim Il Sung Prize two times, 22 orders a ...
*Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) is the military force of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Under the '' Songun'' policy, it is the central institution of North Korean society. Currently, WPK General S ...
*Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il badges
Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il badges are lapel pins with portraits depicting either one or both of the Eternal Leaders of North Korea, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. The badges have been common since the late 1960s, and are produced by the Mansud ...
*Socialist orders of merit
After the October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia, the first Socialist Orders of Merit were founded. After World War II, communists came to power in many other countries and this type of order spread all over the world ...
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External links
Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Korean Democratic People's Republic
at ''Medals of the World''
at ''Rusty Knight's Place''
at ''Ribbons of Orders and Decorations of the World''
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at ''World Awards''
at ''Semon.fr''
at ''Militaria''
at ''World Orders and Medals''
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