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The following is a list of events from the year 2022 in North Korea.

## Incumbents

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| 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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### February

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North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a commentary on 26 February titled "The United States must not undermine the foundation of international peace and stability", ascribing the armed conflict to US "high-handedness and arbitrariness," and accusing Washington of pursuing "military supremacy" in disregard of Russian security concerns. In a post on the foreign ministry website, Ri Ji-song, a researcher at the Society for International Politics Study, made the remarks—the North's first public mention of the conflict following Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier that week. "The root cause of the Ukrainian crisis also lies in the high-handedness and arbitrariness of the U.S. which has held on solely to the unilateral sanction and pressure while pursuing only global hegemony and military supremacy in disregard of the legitimate demand of Russia for its security," Ri wrote. The Yonhap News Agency quoted a North Korean studies professor at Ewha University in Seoul as calling the post a "cautious" official response from Pyongyang, since it was released in the name of an individual.[1]

### March

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* 25 March - North Korea tested its longest-range ICBM.[2]

### May

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* 12 May
* COVID-19 pandemic - Pyongyang declared a "severe national emergency", after confirmed its first case of COVID-19. Kim Jong-un and the North Korean government orders all cities and counties throughout the country into a nationwide lockdown of North Korea, isolating all working, production and residential units, as the whole towns and cities along with the streets of the capital Pyongyang were all locked down, closing the borders of North Korea to all foreign nations including foreign trade and outsiders. North Korean citizens are forced to stay in their homes in every provinces, many North Koreans are banned from leaving the country or attempt to go travel abroad for all foreign countries, all foreign visitors and journalists are strictly forbidden to enter the country, rail transports and airports are suspended. North Korea was entirely closed. Anyone who is caught violating quarantine measures will face harsh punishments by imprisonment, executions or sentenced to hard labor in prison camps if they tried to leave their homes or attempt to escape the Hermit Kingdom was always punishable by facing execution or sent to labor camps after the North Korean government crackdown on COVID rule breakers before and after they were arrested by the secret police, the Ministry of State Security. only China a year were allowed to enter North Korea for trading and banking purposes.[3]
* Sunan district of Pyongyang fired three short-range missiles east of the Korean peninsula, two days after Yoon Suk-yeol took office as President of South Korea.[4]
* 13 May - State media confirmed six deaths and 350,000 new cases of COVID-19.[5]

## Deaths

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* 27 January – Ri Yong-mu, North Korean senior official who was a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea and vice-marshal of the Korean People's Army (born 1925)
* 19 May – Hyon Chol Hae, military officer (born 1934)[6]
* 19 September – Pak Yong-il, politician, vice-chairman of the standing committee of the SPA (since 2019) (born 1966)[7]

## References

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1. ^ "N. Korea blames U.S.' 'high-handedness and arbitrariness' for Ukraine crisis". Yonhap News Agency. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
2. ^ "North Korea claims successful launch of 'monster missile'". Financial Times. 25 March 2022.
3. ^ "North Korea admits to Covid outbreak for first time and declares 'severe national emergency'". The Guardian. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
4. ^ Kim, Eunice (May 12, 2022). "North Korea Greets South Korea's New President with Trio of Ballistic Missiles". VOA. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
5. ^ Bae, Gawon; Regan, Helen (13 May 2022). "North Korea announces first Covid deaths amid 'explosive' outbreak". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
6. ^ Kim, Hyung-jin (May 22, 2022). "Kim, other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
7. ^ "Newstream". KCNA Watch. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

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