Events from the year 1998 in
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
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Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
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Hong Song-nam
Hong Song-nam (2 October 1929 – 31 March 2009) was a North Korean politician who was the Premier of North Korea from 1998 to 2003. He succeeded Kang Song-san. Born in Kangwon Province, he graduated from the Kim Il-sung University and studied ...
(acting until 5 September)
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Supreme Leader:
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...
Events
1994~1998:
Arduous March
North korea participated in the 1998 winter olympics in nagano japan.
22 June:
1998 Sokcho submarine incident
The 1998 Sokcho submarine incident occurred on 22 June 1998, offshore of the South Korean city of Sokcho.
Capture
On 22 June, a North Korean Yugo-class submarine became entangled in a fishing driftnet in South Korean waters approximately east ...
26 July:
1998 North Korean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 26 July 1998.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p403 687 deputies were elected to the tenth Supreme People's Assembly. Th ...
31 August:Launch of
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 ( ko, 광명성 1호, Hanja: , meaning Bright Star 1) was a satellite allegedly launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998. While the North Korean government claimed that the launch was successful, no obj ...
, a machine claimed to be a north korean rocket but suspected as missile tests.
5 September: The newly amended prologue for the
addresses
Kim il Sung
Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
as the "
Eternal president
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" of North Korea.
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Years in Japan
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References
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1990s in North Korea
Years of the 20th century in North Korea
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