who led a successful marxist revolution in north korea
Communism in Korea Alexandra Kim, a Korean who lived in Russia, is sometimes credited as the first Korean communist. She had joined the Bolsheviks in 1916.[6] In 1917, Vladimir Lenin sent her to Siberia to mobilize Koreans there against the counter-revolutionary forces and the Allied Expeditionary Forces. In Khabarovsk Kim was in charge of external affairs at the Far-Eastern Department of the Party. There she met with Yi Dong-Wi, Kim Rip and other Korean independence fighters. Together they founded the Korean People's Socialist Party, the first Korean communist party on June 28, 1918.[7][8][9][10]
Economy of North Korea North Korea's economy is a centrally planned system, where the role of market allocation schemes is limited, though increasing.[8] Although there have been some small-scale reforms, as of 2015[update], North Korea continues its basic adherence to a rigid centrally planned command economy, and its reliance on fundamentally non-pecuniary (not readily quantified or valued in money) incentives. There has been economic reform, particularly after Kim Jong-un assumed the leadership in 2012, but reports conflict over particular legislation and enactment.[9][10][11][12][13][14]