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The UN Security Council holds a closed-door session to discuss new sanctions against North Korea following reports of an agreement on a draft resolution between the United States and China. North Korea announces plans to nullify the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-21673332 (BBC)] [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-national-2013-03-05-28-0301000000AEN20130305005600315F.HTML (Yonhap News)] [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20130305_43.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2013-03-5

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is given two posts in the Workers' Party of Korea previously held by his father Kim Jong-Il, including chairman of the party's Central Military Commission and a standing member of the Politburo.
2012-04-12

A new statue of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is unveiled in the capital Pyongyang.
2012-02-14

The "Chosunilbo" newspaper in South Korea reports that Kim Pyong-il, the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is under house arrest in Pyongyang.
2011-07-1

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly visits Changchun in Northern China.
2011-05-21

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly visits China, the third such visit in a year.
2011-05-20

The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reports that the People's Republic of China has reinforced fences and increased patrols along its border with North Korea in order to stop a flow of refugees.
2011-03-30

South Korea's presidential office claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is visiting China for the second time this year.
2010-08-26

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrives in China on a rare foreign visit.
2010-05-3

Paris-based media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders names the leaders of North Korea (Kim Jong-il), Russia (Vladimir Putin) and Rwanda (Paul Kagame) as some of the world's worst "predators of freedom" and lists offences against press freedom in 40 countries.
2010-05-3