Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League

Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League
Headquarters	Pyongyang, North Korea
Ideology	Juche
International affiliation	World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY)
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The Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 김일성-김정일주의청년동맹) is a North Korean youth organization. It is the main youth organization in North Korea. Directly under the party Central Committee, it is the only mass organization expressly mentioned in the charter of the Workers' Party of Korea. Youth under 15 may join the Young Pioneer Corps, itself a part of the larger Korean Children's Union.

The League was founded by Kim Il-sung on January 17, 1946 as the Democratic Youth League of North Korea. It became the youth wing of the Workers' Party of North Korea, later the Workers' Party of Korea. It was renamed the Democratic Youth League of Korea and in May 1964 renamed as the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea. It assumed the name Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League on its 50th anniversary in 1996.

The 8th congress of the youth league was held in February 1993, after a 12-year lapse since the 7th congress, held in 1981. The last conference was held on 12 July 2012, after ten years since the previous one, held on 21–22 March 2002. The 9th congress has been convened for January 2016, after 23 years since the previous one.

On 4 January 2007, in Pyongyang, Kim Song-chol, the First Secretary of the Pyongyang Municipal People's Committee of the KYSL gave a speech at a mass rally, with other high government officials, praising Songun Korea. During the speech, Kim Song-chol said that the country should bolster "death-defying corps" and create a "youth vanguard faithfully following the Party's Songun politics."

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