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The following is a list of events from the year 2024 in North Korea.

Incumbents

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Photo Position Name
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Un
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Choe Ryong-hae
Premier of North Korea Kim Tok-hun

Events

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January

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March

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April

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May

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  • 27 May – North Korea announces the failure of an attempt to launch its second spy satellite into orbit after the rocket carrying it explodes mid-air.[11]
  • 29 May – North Korea deploys 260 balloons carrying garbage and possible human waste over South Korea, which Pyongyang says is in retaliation for balloons sent into the North by anti-regime activists.[12]
  • 30 May – North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Sunan-guyok towards the sea near South Korea.[13]

June

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  • 4 June – The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent by North Korea.[14]
  • 6 June – North Korea receives 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets, U.S. bills, and USB sticks containing K-pop songs and South Korean dramas to North Korea with 10 balloons, sent by a South Korean activists’ group led by North Korean defector Park Sang-hak in retaliation for North Korea sending balloons carrying trash to South Korea.[15]
  • 9 June – A group of North Korean soldiers enter the South Korean side of the DMZ, prompting warning shots from South Korean forces that force them to retreat.[16]
  • 18 June – A group of North Korean soldiers enter the South Korean side of the central section of the DMZ, prompting warning shots from South Korean forces that force them to retreat.[17]
  • 19 June – Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Pyongyang as part of the first visit of a Russian leader to North Korea since 2000, the two sign an agreement to grant mutual aid and support in case either nation faces aggression.[18]
  • 20 June – A group of North Korean soldiers enter the South Korean side of the DMZ, prompting warning shots from South Korean forces that force them to retreat.[19]

July

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August

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  • 1 August – South Korea reports that up to 1,500 people may have been killed by floods in North Korea, caused by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi.[25]
  • 4 August – Kim Jong-un denounces the information declared by South Korea regarding deaths related to flooding as part of a "smear campaign"[26]
  • 20 August – A North Korean soldier defects to South Korea by crossing through a section of the DMZ in Goseong County, Gangwon Province.[27]

September

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October

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  • 11 October – North Korea accuses South Korea of sending drones carrying propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang on three occasions since 3 October. South Korean officials deny the claims.[30]
  • 13 October – Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses North Korea of sending soldiers to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[31]
  • 15 October – North Korea blows up sections of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads leading to the DMZ.[32]
  • 17 October – North Korea revises its constitution to formally designate South Korea as a "hostile" state.[33]
  • 24 October – A balloon from North Korea carrying rubbish lands on the Presidential Residence of South Korea in Yongsan, Seoul.[34]

Deaths

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References

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  2. ^ "North Korea's Kim calls for change in status of South and warns of war". The Japan Times. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ^ "North Korea's Kim Jong Un warns of war against South Korea: 'Occupy and reclaim'". Hindustan Times. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  4. ^ Irwin, Lauren (2024-01-19). "North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone". The Hill. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  5. ^ "North Korea demolishes symbolic unification arch, satellite imagery suggests". NK News. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  6. ^ "North Korea tears down monument symbolizing union with the South - report". Reuters. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ^ "North Korea rules out any meetings with Japan". Reuters. March 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions". AP News. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  9. ^ "North Korea fires an intermediate-range missile into its eastern waters, South Korea says". AP News. 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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  11. ^ "North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch". Associated Press. 2024-05-27.
  12. ^ "North Korea drops trash balloons on the South". BBC. 2024-05-30.
  13. ^ "North Korea fires volley of short-range ballistic missiles". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  14. ^ "South Korea is suspending a military deal with North Korea after tensions over trash balloons". AP News. 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  15. ^ "South Korean group flies propaganda leaflets across border following North's trash-balloon launches". AP News. 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  16. ^ "Warning shots from South as NK soldiers cross border". BBC. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
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  24. ^ "Recent rains in North Korea flooded thousands of houses and vast farmland, state media says". Associated Press. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  25. ^ "N. Korea floods may have caused 'heavy casualties': Seoul". Terra Daily. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  26. ^ "North Korea floods: Putin pledges aid after Kim Jong-un rebuffs Seoul's offer of assistance". The Guardian. 2024-08-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  27. ^ "North Korean soldier defects to South Korea: Report". Al Jazeera. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  28. ^ "North Korea to discuss revising Constitution at key parliamentary meeting". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  29. ^ "N Korea win record third U20 Fifa Women's World Cup". BBC. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  30. ^ "North Korea accuses South Korea of sending propaganda drones to Pyongyang". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  31. ^ "Zelenskyy accuses North Korea of sending soldiers to help Russia in war". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  32. ^ "North Korea blows up roads, rails to South". France 24. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  33. ^ "South Korea considered a 'hostile' state after North Korea revises constitution". France 24. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  34. ^ "Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul". Associated Press. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
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