2016 in North Korea

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See also:	Other events of 2016 Years in North Korea Timeline of Korean history 2016 in South Korea

Incumbents

• Premier: Pak Pong-ju
• Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un

Events

January

• A 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Sungjibaegam, North Korea, was suspected to be a nuclear explosion at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. North Korea announced it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test (2016 North Korean nuclear test).^[1][2][3][4]

February

• The satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 is launched on 7 February on board the carrier rocket Kwangmyongsong.^[5]

March

• The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2270 on 2 March, condemning the nuclear test and rocket launch by North Korea and imposing sanctions on it.^[6]

April

• 13 North Koreans working in a Korean restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, defect and arrive in Seoul on 7 April.^[7][8]
• A test of Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile on 15 April (Day of the Sun) ends in failure.^[9]
• A submarine-launched missile is tested on 23 April but flies only 19 kilometres (12 mi).^[10]

May

• 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea^[11]

Sports

• Pak Chol wins the Pyongyang Marathon in the men's professional event and Kim Ji-hyang in women's.^[12]
• North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics

See also

• List of years in North Korea

References

1. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
2. (AP)
3. (Bloomberg)
4. (The Guardian)
5. "Here's what we know about Kwangmyongsong-4 so far". North Korea Tech. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
6. "Security Council Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2270 (2016)". un.org. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
7. Ripley, Will; CNN (20 April 2016). "N. Korean waitresses: 'Defectors' tricked". CNN. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
8. Kwon, K.J.; Botelho, Greg; CNN (8 April 2016). "13 North Korean restaurant workers defect". CNN. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
9. Schmidt, Michael S.; Choe, Sang-Hun (15 April 2016). "North Korea Ballistic Missile Launch a Failure, Pentagon Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
10. Choe, Sang-Hun (23 April 2016). "North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile From Submarine, South Says". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
11. Frank, Ruediger (11 November 2015). "The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in 2016: Return to a "New Normal" or Risk a "Take-Off"?". 38 North. U.S.-Korea Institute (SAIS). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
12. "More Than 1,600 Runners Take Part in Pyongyang Marathon". VOA. Associated Press. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-24.

External links

• "Kim Jong Un's birthday still not a holiday". DailyNK. - analysis of the 2016 calendar