2021 in North Korea
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Events in the year 2021 in North Korea.
Incumbents
- Party Chairman → Party General Secretary: Kim Jong-un
- Chairman of the State Affairs Commission: Kim Jong-un
- President of the Supreme People's Assembly: Choe Ryong-hae
- Premier: Kim Tok-hun
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- From 5 January – The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1]
- 10 January – 8th Congress congress restored the operative functions of the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, a title previously awarded "eternally" to Kim Jong-Il, and elected Kim Jong-un to it.
- On January 14th, a military parade took place in Kim Il-sung Square in which ballistic missiles were revealed, after a Workers' Party of Korea meeting was held by Kim Jong-un to oppose growing "US hostility." The Korean Central News Agency announced that the nuclear weapons showcased could “pre-emptively and completely destroy any enemy outside of our territory”.[2]
Deaths
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