who is ruling north korea now?
Kim Jong-un
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 North Korea ( officially the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea , or DPRK ) had threatened to conduct a second nuclear test in protest after the United Nations Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the country after it launched a rocket , which it claimed was carrying the Kwangmyŏngsŏng @-@ 2 satellite , on 5 April 2009 . The launch was condemned by several nations , describing it as an intercontinental ballistic missile test . 

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 Even though the Chinese and North Koreans were exhausted by the war and were prepared to end it by late 1952 , Stalin insisted that they continue fighting , and the Armistice was approved only in July 1953 , after Stalin 's death . North Korean leader Kim Il Sung created a highly centralized , totalitarian dictatorship – which continues to date – according himself unlimited power and generating a formidable cult of personality . In the South , the American @-@ backed strongman Syngman Rhee ran a significantly less brutal but deeply corrupt and authoritarian regime . After Rhee was overthrown in 1960 , South Korea fell within a year under a period of military rule that lasted until the re @-@ establishment of a multi @-@ party system in the late 1980s . 

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 In June 2009 , after it was announced that Kim Jong @-@ un was to be the intended successor of North Korean leader Kim Jong @-@ il , U.S. government analysts speculated that the purpose of the nuclear test was to establish North Korea as a nuclear power within Kim Jong @-@ il 's lifetime . 

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 At this congress , Kim Il @-@ sung designated his son Kim Jong @-@ il as his successor . The move was criticized by the South Korean media and ruling communist parties of the socialist states in Eastern Europe and Asia because it was considered nepotist . The congress also saw the WPK and North Korea move away from orthodox communism by emphasizing the Juche idea over Marxism – Leninism , giving the party a nationalistic bent . The next party congress was not convened before 2016 , despite party rules that stipulated that a congress had to be held every fifth year . 

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 It was widely believed that the test was conducted as a result of a succession crisis in the country . After Kim Jong @-@ Il suffered a stroke in the summer of 2008 , arrangements were made for his third son , Kim Jong @-@ un , to take power upon his death . It is believed the North Koreans conducted the nuclear test to show that , even in a time of possible weakness , it did not intend to give up its nuclear weapons program . 
