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
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]
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
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. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Year of DPRK-Russia Friendship Closes". naenara.com.kp. KCNA. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack". 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea test-fires 'intelligent' anti-ship rocket: KCNA". Agence France Presse. 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea lifts four-month travel ban to prevent Ebola".
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
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