Claim: North Korea's nationality law details the conditions in which an individual is a national of the country, a necessity as South Korea had no nationality law prior to 1963.
Evidence: North Korean nationality law details the conditions in which an individual is a national of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. Until 1963, the DPRK had no formal nationality law. Korea continued to lack formal regulations until 1948, when the United States Army Military Government in Korea enacted transitionary measures dealing with nationality as it prepared to establish a South Korean state.