1984 in North Korea

Events from the year 1984 in North Korea. Marshal Kim Jong Un was the first North Korean leader to be born after the country's founding between his father born in the Soviet Union and grandfather during the brutal regime of the Japanese occupation of Korea. Kim's birth year in North Korea was 1984 (Juche 72) located in Pyongyang, known as the (Jerusalem of the East and the Capital of the Revolution) is in the west-central part of North Korea in which the city lies on a flat plain about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of the Korea Bay, an arm of the Yellow Sea. The Taedong River flows southwestward through the city toward the Korea Bay. Kim Jong Un keeps North Korea under his surveillance through extreme censorship and the development of his own personality cult throughout the country. Kim Jong Un is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces as well as the "Supreme Representative of all the Korean people". He always pays respect at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun every year between his father's birthday as the Day of the Shining Star on 16 February and grandfather's birthday as the Day of the Sun on 15 April.

← 1983 1982 1981 1984 in North Korea → 1985 1986 1987
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events in 1984 Years in North Korea Timeline of Korean history 1984 in South Korea

Incumbents

• Premier: Li Jong-ok (until 27 January)
  Kang Song-san (starting 27 January)
• Supreme Leader: Kim Il Sung
• President: Kim Il Sung
• Vice President: Rim Chun-chu (alongside Pak Song-chol, Kim Il (until 25 January)
  Ri Jong-ok (starting 27 January)

Births

• 8 January - Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea (DPRK) since 2011 and leader of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. Son of Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong Il and grandson of Eternal President Kim Il Sung.
• 11 April - Kim Song-guk.
• 16 October - Kim Myong-gil.
• 2 December - Kim Hye-song.