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

• First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea: Kim Jong-un
• Premier: Pak Pong-ju

Events

January

• 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

• 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]}

July

• 2015 North Korean local elections

August

• 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

• 2015 North Korean local elections

Deaths

December

• December 29 – Kim Yang-gon, politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. (b. 1942)

References

1. 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.
2. "Year of DPRK-Russia Friendship Closes". Naenara . KCNA. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "North Korea lifts four-month travel ban to prevent Ebola". Archived from the original on 2015-03-05.
6. "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.
7. "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. doi:10.1525/as.2016.56.1.68. ISSN   0004-4687. S2CID   156734114.

External links

• "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