Introduction
Organizations, officials, positions, appointments, relationships, and political transitions in North Korea.
Database Information
- Version & Update Information
Current metadata status: Active. Public Explore is not yet enabled. The first release notes will add a version identifier, substantive update date, change summary, expected update cadence, and archive policy.
- Codebook
- Codebook not available yet
- Citation
For provisional reference, cite the Organization of Power Lab as creator of the North Korea Politics Database and include the version, access date, and permanent release URL. A final copy-ready citation will be published with the first versioned release.
Data Coverage
The development database covers organizations, officials, positions, appointments, relationships, and political transitions across North Korea's party, state, military, and parastatal sectors. Exact temporal coverage, exclusions, and known gaps remain to be verified for the first public release.
Schema
The database is maintained in the PostgreSQL schema `nkpolitics`. Its public schema description will identify approved tables, keys, relationships, and derived views after model-to-database verification. A public diagram or SQL artifact will be added when it is ready for release.
Data Sources & Methods
Records are assembled from project-curated public and research sources, then normalized around people, organizations, positions, appointments, and time. A source-by-source inventory, coding rules, identity-resolution procedure, and uncertainty conventions will accompany the first reviewed release.
Current Structure
Configured Explore tools currently include Organization Tree, Organization Browser, and Officials Directory. The metadata registry also contains 4 enabled download resources. These entries describe the development application surface; release readiness, table coverage, and public fields remain subject to the Database's vertical-slice review.
Planned Expansion
Planned work prioritizes verified temporal coverage, clearer organization hierarchies, career transitions, and documented relationship evidence. New layers will be listed only after their models, public fields, and audit rules are reviewed.
Lab Connections
- Approaches
- Research Streams
- Contributors
- Grants
- Relevant Literature
- See literature for this database in Zotero.