The Sonbun System in the Historical Aspect of the Formation of Civil and Political Rights of Citizens of the Korean People's Democratic Republic
The article is devoted to the development of civil rights and freedoms in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in particular to the phenomenon of the ‘sonbun' system, characterized by the division of the society into social strata, which in turn are divided into groups. The author makes conclusions about the existence of such a system in the period of the formation of the North Korean state and the possibilities of its existence in the modern period.