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]
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 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

^ 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.

External links

[leon_Isol-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.

[naen1-2] "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.

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