Officially and originally named the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea has had a dictatorship since 1948. (DPRK) On September 9, 1948, the United Nations elected South Korea to be the Republic of Korea. They then elected North Korea as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, electing Kim Il-Sung as Prime Minister. This began the dictatorship in North Korea that still reigns today. Kim Il-Sung was born in 1912. Early in his life he was called Kim Söng-Ju, but he changed it in the 1930s when he became a Korean freedom fighter and changed his name to Il-Sung. (Biography.) Il-Sung eventually went to the Soviet Union, there he joined the Communist Party. (Biography.) He later started a family and had a son Kim Jong-Il, who became dictator after his death. Il-Sung returned to Korea in 1945 and formed the Korean People's Army. The army was made up of a small group of guerrillas and former soldiers, who would later use it in the Korean War. (Bio.) Only three years later Il-Sung was elected premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The communist countries only recognized North Korea as Korea and decided to forget about the south. The reason for this is that due to the split, South Korea allied itself with the United States. A part of Il Sung and the people who agreed with his apparent ways still wanted South Korea to emerge into the communist era. (Lywellyn.) Not mainly because they regretted the split, part of the reason, but Il Sung wanted more people to be in control. He thought the US was simply controlling South Korea and he couldn't get them back. So this led him to want to invade South Korea and bring... middle of paper... 2013 Report: North Korea." Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch, January 1, 2013. Web May 2, 2014. " North Korea: Human Rights Concerns". Amnesty Australia, 28 November 2006. Web. 2 May 2014. National Geographic Secret Access. Pratt, Keith. Eternal Flower: A History of Korea: Reaktion Books, 2007. Print. Dudley, William North and South Korea: Opposing Views: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Print.Salter, Christopher L., and Charles F. Gritzner “Introduction to North Korea.”, 2007. Print.