Citizenship at birth is chiefly by descent from a DPRK parent. A limited territorial provision covers a child of one citizen and one foreign or stateless parent residing in the DPRK; there is no unrestricted jus soli.
Sources: North Korea (DPRK) Constitution (Constitute Project)
A child of a DPRK citizen parent is a DPRK citizen by descent (jus sanguinis); conditions apply for children born abroad to a mixed-nationality couple.
Sources: North Korea (DPRK) Constitution (Constitute Project)
A stateless person or a foreign citizen may acquire DPRK citizenship by petition to the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly; the law states no explicit residence threshold and grants are rare and opaque.
Sources: North Korea (DPRK) Constitution (Constitute Project)