The following lists events that happened in 2008 in North Korea.
Census
The
2008 North Korea Census
The 2008 North Korean Census () was the second North Korea national census. The reference day used for the census was October 1, 2008. The census was taken by house-to-house interviews by enumerators using a census questionnaire. Roughly 35,000 enu ...
recorded the
population of North Korea as 24,052,231 inhabitants (11,721,838 male and 12,330,393 female).
Incumbents
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Premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
:
Kim Yong-il
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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 ...
References
Further reading
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Years of the 21st century in North Korea
2000s in North Korea
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