"The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" was adopted and promulgated on Dec. 27, Juche 61 (1972).

The people-first idea of the Workers' Party Korea is embodied in the Socialist Constitution and the constitution stipulates the rules of conduct to be preserved in all fields of state activities and social life, including politics, military affairs, economy and culture.

Rodong Sinmun says that thanks to the institution of the Socialist Constitution, the brilliant successes made by the Korean people in their arduous revolutionary struggle under the guidance of the Workers' Party of Korea were put on a legal basis and the powerful weapon for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche was provided.

The paper goes on:

The DPRK is the genuine country of the people and law-governed socialist state of Juche in which the law protects the people and the people abide by the law. All laws of our state with the Socialist Constitution as their core have been enacted to meet the demand and will of the people and are executed in their interests. The popular masses are responsible for the enforcement of the laws in our country.

Let us all respect the laws of the state including the constitution of the Republic and thoroughly abide by them and thus further glorify Korean-style socialism centered on the popular masses and dynamically accelerate the building of a socialist power.

Minju Joson says that thanks to the original, popular and revolutionary constitution for safeguarding policies of the WPK and the government and firmly defending the gains of the revolution, a powerful weapon that legally guarantees the cause of socialism, the invincibility and might of Korean-style socialism centered on the popular masses are further displayed with each passing day.