2015 in North Korea
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Events from the year 2015 in North Korea. The year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1] The year was celebrated as the year of DPRK-Russia friendship.[2]
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 2 – The United States enacts financial sanctions on the North Korean Special Operation Force and 10 government officials in retaliation for the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack.[3]
February
[edit]March
[edit]- March 2 – North Korea lifts restrictions on entry into the country imposed ostensibly to stop the spread of the Ebola virus.[5]
- March 9 - A North Korean diplomat is caught smuggling $1.7M of gold bars into Bangladesh.[6][7]
July
[edit]August
[edit]- August 15 – North Korea adopts UTC+08.30, or Pyongyang Standard Time to "eliminate Western imperialism". The time was previously used by both Koreas until the enactment of UTC+09.00 in 1961.
Elections
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- January 14 – Pyon In-son, politician and military officer (b. 1946).
- April 30 – Hyon Yong-chol, 12th Minister of National Defence (b. 1949).[8]
- May 10 – Kim Kyok-sik, 10th Minister of National Defence (b. 1938).[9]
- July 21 – Kang Nung-su, Vice Premier of North Korea (b. 1930).
- November 7 – Ri Ul-sol, former member of the National Defense Commission and Marshal of the Korean People's Army (b. 1921).[10]
- December 29 – Kim Yang-gon, politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (b. 1942).[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ Leonid Petrov (28 August 2015). "Isolated Kim Relies on Old North Korea Tensions Playbook". Leonid Petrov's KOREA VISION. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Year of DPRK-Russia Friendship Closes". Naenara. KCNA. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack". Reuters. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea test-fires 'intelligent' anti-ship rocket: KCNA". Agence France Presse. 7 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea lifts four-month travel ban to prevent Ebola". Archived from the original on 2015-03-05.
- ↑ "Bangladesh: North Korean Diplomat, Found With Gold Stash, Is Expelled". New York Times. USA. Reuters. March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Bangladesh seizes gold from North Korean diplomat". BBC. United Kingdom. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ↑ Whiteman, KJ Kwon,Hilary (2015-05-13). "Reports: North Korea publicly executes defense chief | CNN". CNN. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Sang-Hun, Choe (2015-05-11). "Kim Kyok-sik, North Korean General Tied to Attacks, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
- ↑ Ahn, J. H. (2015-11-12). "N. Korean Marshal Ri Ul Sol gets funeral in Pyongyang | NK News". NK News - North Korea News. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
- ↑ Grisafi, John (2015-12-30). "The legacy of Kim Yang Gon and inter-Korean relations | NK News". NK News - North Korea News. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
Further reading
[edit]External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 in North Korea.
- "2015, Year of Great Victory" at Naenara
- "DPRK Sportspersons Win about 250 Medals in 2015 Int'l Games" at Naenara
- "North Korea's Official 2015 Calendar Revealed" at Daily NK
