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
- Premier: Pak Pong-ju
- Kim Jong-un
Events
January
- January 2 – The Sony Pictures Entertainment hack.[3]
February
- February 7 – North Korea test fires a new "ultra-precision" intelligent anti-ship missile which is to be deployed across its navy.[4]
March
- 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]
August
- August 15 – North Korea adopts UTC+08.30, or Pyongyang Standard Timeto "eliminate Western imperialism". The time was previously used by both Koreas until the enactment of UTC+09.00 in 1961.
Elections
Deaths
December
- December 29 – Kim Yang-gon, politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. (b. 1942)
References
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ "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.
Further reading
- Hayes, P.; Cavazos, R. (2016). "North Korea in 2015: 'Yes I Can!' Byungjin and Kim Jong Un's Strategic Patience". Asian Survey. 56 (1): 68–77. S2CID 156734114.
External links
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
