-
Birth of Kim Il Sung
-
Kim Jong Il is born
-
Creation of the Korean Workers Party
-
Kim Il Sung becomes leader of North Korea
-
South Korea declares independence, sparking the Korean war
-
Armistice ends Korean war
-
Period: to
Rapid Industrial growth
-
North Korea captures USS Pueblo, a US naval intelligence ship
-
Kim Jong Nam is born
-
Kim Il Sung announces Kim Jong Il as his successor
-
Kim Jong Un is born
-
North Korea joins the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
-
Research nuclear reactor in Yongbyon becomes operational
-
North and South Korea join the UN
-
International Atomic Energy Agency accuses North Korea of violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
-
North Korea test-fires a medium-range Rodong ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
-
Death Of Kim Il Sung
-
Kim Jong Il becomes leader of North Korea
-
Severe famine follows widespread floods; 3 million North Koreans reportedly die from starvation
-
North Korea announces it will no longer abide by the armistice that ended the Korean War, and sends thousands of troops into the demilitarized zone
-
South Korea captures North Korean submarine in its waters. Crew found dead inside
-
North Korea fires a multistage long-range rocket
-
US President George W Bush labels North Korea, Iraq and Iran an "axis of evil" for continuing to build "weapons of mass destruction"
-
North and South Korean naval vessels wage a gun battle in the Yellow Sea.
-
North Korea announces it is reactivating nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and expels UN inspectors
-
North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
-
North Korea withdraws from 1992 agreement with South Korea to keep the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons
-
North Korea admits publicly for the first time that it has produced nuclear weapons for "self defence"
-
North Korea launches a long-range rocket, carrying what it says is a communications satellite
-
Kim Jong Il dies
-
Kim Jong Un becomes Supreme Leader of North Korea
-
North Korea and US exchange accusations of cyber-attacks over a Sony Pictures film mocking Kim Jong-un
-
Government announcement of first hydrogen bomb test met with widespread expert scepticism
-
Tension rises in war of words with US over North Korean threat to fire ballistic missiles near US Pacific territory of Guam
-
Kim Jong-un's estranged half-brother Kim Jong-nam is killed by a highly toxic nerve agent in Malaysia, with investigators suspecting North Korean involvement
-
The United States and North Korea announce that their leaders plan to meet before June to discuss nuclear disarmament on the Korean peninsula
