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- country in E Asia, bounded NE by Russia, N
- and NW by China, E by the Sea of Japan, S by
- South Korea, and W by the Yellow Sea.
- government Under the 1972 constitution, which
- replaced the 1948 Soviet-type constitution,
- the leading political figure is the
- president, who is head of the armed forces
- and executive head of government. The
- president is appointed for four-year terms by
- the 687-member supreme people`s assembly,
- which is directly elected by universal
- suffrage. The assembly meets for brief
- sessions once or twice a year, its regular
- legislative business being carried out by a
- smaller permanent standing committee
- (presidium). The president works with and
- presides over a powerful policy-making and
- supervisory central people`s committee (which
- is responsible to the assembly for its
- activities) and an administrative and
- executive cabinet (administration council).
-