2013 in North Korea
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The following lists events that happened in 2013 in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Events
January
- January 1 - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un makes a rare New Year broadcast, calling for an improved economy and a reunified Korea.[1]
- January 22 - The United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 2087, condemning North Korea's December 2012 rocket launch and expanding economic sanctions against the country.[2]
- January 24 - North Korea authorities announce a new nuclear weapon and long range missile test, threatening their publicly manifested arch-enemy, the United States, as their primary target.[3]
- January 25 - North Korea threatens to take "strong physical countermeasures" if South Korea co-operates with new United Nations Security Council resolutions against it.[4]
- January 29 - Google expands its Google Maps map data coverage of North Korea for what has been blank on most of that country satellite images on its search engine.[5]
- January 31 - South Korean media reports claim that North Korea has been placed under martial law with another nuclear test considered to be imminent.[6]
February
- February 12 - North Korea confirms that it has successfully tested a nuclear device, claiming that it is small enough to be weaponized.[7] The South Korean officials report that an "artificial earthquake" has occurred in North Korea suggesting that a nuclear test has occurred.[8]
- February 15 - 2013 North Korean nuclear test
- In reaction to North Korea's latest nuclear test the European Union will tighten sanctions against the country in the form of blocking the trade of gold and diamonds, as well as cracking down on financial ties between them.[9]
- North Korea tells China that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks.[10]
- February 19 - North Korea threatens the "final destruction" of South Korea during a United Nations conference on disarmament.[11]
March
- March 7 - 2013 North Korean nuclear test
- March 8 - North Korea ends all peace pacts with South Korea and closes the main Panmunjom border crossing inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone. North Korean generals affirm they are aiming their long range missiles at the U.S. mainland in retaliation for the recently approved U.N. sanctions.[14]
References
- ↑ "North Korea's Kim Jong-un makes rare new year speech". 1 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "UN extends North Korea sanctions over rocket launch". 22 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea 'plans third nuclear test'". 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea warns South over UN sanctions". 25 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "Google expands North Korea map coverage". 29 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea 'under martial law'". 31 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea's nuclear tests". 12 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "Tough U.N. action vowed after North Korean nuclear test". 12 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "EU to tighten sanctions on North Korea after nuclear test". 16 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "Exclusive: North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test - source". 15 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea threatens "final destruction" of South Korea". 19 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea threatens nuclear strike, U.N. expands sanctions". 7 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "U.S. says U.N. sanctions 'will bite' after North Korea threatens nuclear attack". 7 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "North Korea ends peace pacts with South". 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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