North Korea-related events during the year of 2020
Events of 2020 in North Korea .
Incumbents [ edit ]
January [ edit ]
On April 12, Kim Jong Un was reported by Daily NK to have undergone cardiovascular surgery.
On April 15, North Korea celebrates Day of the Sun . Kim Jong Un is missing from the ceremony.
On April 21, CNN reports U.S. agencies monitoring intelligence from North Korea said Kim's post-surgery state was in "grave danger".[5]
June and July [ edit ]
On June 15, North Korea demolished a South Korean and North Korean liaison office building located in Kaesong after tensions between North and South Korea rise.[6]
July 26 – The city of Kaesong is placed under total lockdown after a person is found with suspected COVID-19 symptoms. This is the first suspected case in the country.[7]
October [ edit ]
On October 10, North Korea unveiled the missile Hwasong-16 .[8]
January [ edit ]
July 10 – Paik Sun-yup , North Korean born, South Korean military officer. (b. 1920 )
References [ edit ]
^ Herskovitz, Jon; Lee, Jihye (January 21, 2020). "North Korea Bars Foreign Tourists Amid Virus Threat, Groups Say" . Bloomberg . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ "Coronavirus: nearly 200 North Korea soldiers 'die from outbreak government refuses to acknowledge' " . South China Morning Post . Business Insider . March 10, 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ Panda, Ankit (March 30, 2020). "North Korea Conducts 4th Missile Test in March 2020" . The Diplomat . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ "IOC, IPC, TOKYO 2020 ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE NEW DATES FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020" . Olympic.org . International Olympic Committee . March 20, 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020 .
^ Sciutto, Jim ; Berlinger, Joshua; Seo, Yoonjung; Atwood, Kylie; Cohen, Zachary (April 21, 2020). "US monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader is in grave danger after surgery" . CNN . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ "North Korea blows up liaison office, says it will cut off communications with the South" . CBC.ca . CBC . June 16, 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020 .
^ "N. Korea puts border city in lockdown over suspected Covid-19 outbreak" . France 24 . 26 July 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
^ "North Korea unveils 'monster' new intercontinental ballistic missile at parade" . Reuters . 10 October 2020.
^ 김정은, 리설주 여사와 빈소 찾아 조문 故 황순희, 김일성·김정숙 등과 항일운동 (in Korean)
Further reading [ edit ]